Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
The Woman Who Fell in Love for a Week
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
The Woman Who Fell in Love for a Week
Buy Now for £12.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
Jenny loves to house-sit, looking after a stranger's enviably perfect home and pretending to be someone else - just for a bit.
Her latest booking is a beautiful, disheveled old rectory in the Home Counties owned by the uber-successful Lewis family. Freed of teaching duties for the summer, and her own teenagers spending time with her objectionable ex, Jenny readies herself for a life of walk-in larders and sparkling water taps.
Battling to control the riotous family dog and stay cool in an unrelenting heat wave, she discovers skeletons in the Lewis closet that further threaten to disrupt her idyll. But then a seductive new friendship offers her a surprise second chance: to open herself up to love again and to finally live life on her own terms.
Laugh-out-loud funny, touching and romantic, this is the new summer novel from the much-loved Fiona Walker.
Listeners also enjoyed...
Critic reviews
What listeners say about The Woman Who Fell in Love for a Week
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- DAVE
- 23-06-22
Persevere it's worth it.
I struggled with the readers voice, it didn't seem to match the characters enough for me but once I got into the storey it wasn fine. Enjoyed the story. It was a bit different to other fiona walker books I read, but I enjoyed it.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- Maya
- 28-06-15
Fiona Walker at her best!
I loved this book. It takes me back to reading some of Fiona's earlier works.
It might seem a bit slow to start but bear with it and get to know the characters.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
4 people found this helpful
-
Overall3 out of 5 stars
-
Performance2 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Jo
- 11-06-15
Disappointed with the narrator!
Typical chic lit book, easy to listen to and slightly predictable but spoilt by the narrator who sounded uptight and bored!
I understand that she was trying to be in character but her 'very English' voice made it less enjoyable than if I'd read it myself or had someone ' more fun' narrating!!
Overall...ok!!
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
1 person found this helpful
-
Overall5 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story5 out of 5 stars
- nicola-jane
- 11-04-21
Fab
Narrator is fabulous chosen a few books just for narration and not gone wrong she pairs with some great listens
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!
2 people found this helpful
-
Overall1 out of 5 stars
-
Performance5 out of 5 stars
-
Story1 out of 5 stars
- Rebecca
- 02-02-17
Returning this 1/3 of the way through
What would have made The Woman Who Fell in Love for a Week better?
If the main character wasn't a blithering idiot
Has The Woman Who Fell in Love for a Week put you off other books in this genre?
no
Which character – as performed by Julia Franklin – was your favourite?
Gunther
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Woman Who Fell in Love for a Week?
most of them
Any additional comments?
I actually couldn't finish this as the main character was SO stupid, it was practically painful. She is meant to be a professional housesitter, but then she keeps saying "I know the house owner told me not to do this, but it''ll probably be fine" and then it, predictably, proceeds to be a disaster. I just gave up.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!