Books

The Switch

Beth O'Leary

Eileen is sick of being 79.

Leena’s tired of life in her twenties.

Maybe it’s time they swapped places…

When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen’s house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn eighty. She’d like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn’t offer many eligible gentlemen.

Once Leena learns of Eileen’s romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another’s shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected.

Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn’t as romantic as she hoped it would be, and then there is the annoyingly perfect – and distractingly handsome – school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?

'It's so sweet and uplifting and such a balm in these wretched times' - Marian Keyes

'This delicious slice of feelgood fiction is a real tonic' - Sunday Mirror

'Beth O'Leary brings us another delight' - Hello! Magazine

'A sparkling romantic read with characters that leap off the page. It's another triumph for this talented writer' - Woman & Home

'An utterly gorgeous, beautiful book, full of feeling' - Lindsey Kelk

See more about
Beth O'Leary

Territories & Rights

Quercus

Dramatic Rights - Under Option

Arabic
Brazil
Croatia
Czechia
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Italy
Lithuania
Netherlands
North America & Canada
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Romania
Russia
Serbia
Slovakia
Spain
Sweden
Thailand
Turkey
UK & Commonwealth
Denmark
Slovenia
Ukraine