Ellie Dwyer's Great Escape

Name: Ellie Dwyer's Great Escape
Brand: Tantor Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Diane Winger
ISBN: 9781977300065

Author: Diane Winger

Narrator: Laural Merlington

Unabridged: 7 hr 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 02/11/2020

Categories: Fiction, Women

Synopsis

You're never too old to run away from home.

Ellie Dwyer, sixty-one, is convinced bad luck comes in threes, and not just garden-variety, oh-well bad luck. How many people have to flee not one, but two natural disasters? And in between the wildfire and the hurricane, her husband of nearly forty years suddenly up and left her for no reason she could fathom, disappearing from her life without a clue to his whereabouts.

Determined to reinvent her life, Ellie sets out on a journey across the country. Along the way to nowhere in particular, she buys a camper, becomes friends with a remarkable octogenarian, and starts to believe that good luck might also come in threes.

Or does it? That depends on how she defines good luck.

About Diane Winger

Diane Winger is a self-described "retired software geek" who loves hiking, rock climbing, kayaking, camping, and cross-country skiing when she isn't glued in front of her computer writing, picking out books to add to her "to be read" list, and watching cat videos. She is a voracious reader who still gets goose bumps whenever someone introduces her as an author.

Diane is an enthusiastic volunteer with the service organization, Altrusa International. She is particularly passionate about literacy-related projects in her community.

In addition to writing fiction, Diane has coauthored several guidebooks on outdoor recreation along with her husband, Charlie. They now live in western Colorado, but Diane was born and raised in Denver.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karen

This is a wonderful chick lit/love story. At the beginning, Ellie Dwyer has counted herself one of the world's great losers--she and her husband had to evacuate from a California wildfire, they move to South Carolina and her husband leaves with no explanation, and then she has to evacuate again due......more

Goodreads review by Suzanne

I really enjoyed this story on a lot of levels. As someone who travels part-time in a van I really enjoyed watching someone go from never having had the experience on their own to becoming a seasoned traveler, and I really enjoyed those aspects of the story. I also was pleasantly surprised by the t......more

Goodreads review by Debbie

This book was very easy to read and I couldn't put it down. I enjoyed it tremendously. I too have an A-liner and enjoyed the parts about camping. I could relate to the characters, as I too, am an older single woman. I think this would appeal to the romantic types; mostly women. Not sure a man would......more

Goodreads review by Jann

Reading Ellie Dwyer‘s Great Escape was an enjoyable escape for me. It took me into a life totally outside of my own experience and allowed me not only to observe but feel a part of the journey, caring deeply for the characters as the story unfolded. I experienced many emotions as I followed the stor......more

Goodreads review by Jan

Excellent and Fun Read! I can relate to Ellie as I'm an older, female camper too. Ellie takes off on a cross-country adventure by herself to find out what she wants to do with the rest of her life. This book is an inspiration to all women. It's an easy read that was hard to put down and a disappoint......more