Last tango in Toulouse
I found Mary Moody engaging energetic and enjoyed her previouse book 'Au revoir' very much I enjoyed her insights and introductions to her family relationships I thought her mothers death and the family funeral preparations were touching the family support in births and relationships are heartwarming they are a close communicating family
I bought all 3 books in the series enjoyed reading them all very much and wanted more
Mary Moodys French adventure was insightful she did engage with the French locals and contributed to villiage life and explored her suroundings enthusiastically and wrote in detail I felt I had taken the journey with her to and from Australia learning about both places she made home
I believe she was realistic about the expat lifestyle which is prominent in that area particularly this was not a 'desert island adventure' so I was not mislead Mary Moody set out to live alone away from her husband and family not to punish anyone but to enjoy a freedom that many baby boomers and subsequent generations take for granted as she married young and took her family responsibilities very seriously from a young age children of alchoholics are forced to grow up quickly and become 'enablers' just as she did
Good for her to have her adventure and consequently achieve a new life with her husband and family the experience brought them all closer and expanded their life after her 'running away at fifty' at least she found a soloution to her 'mid-life crisis' and didnt deceive anyone

What a waste of time
This book was very disappointing. The writer is full of self-importance and her conceit overshadows the whole book.

Disappointing
I was disappointed to discover that the writer does not have it off with Marlon Brando in a steamy clinch involving a half pound of Lurpak.