Someone Elses Shoes, Jojo Moyes
Someone Elses Shoes, Jojo Moyes
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Someone Else's Shoes

Bestseller

Author: Jojo Moyes

Narrator: Daisy Ridley

Unabridged: 12 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 02/07/2023


Synopsis

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!

“Very few authors have the power to make you laugh on one page and cry on the next. Moyes is one of them.” —The New York Times

A story of mix-ups, mess-ups and making the most of second chances, this is the new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, author of Me Before You and The Giver of Stars

Who are you when you are forced to walk in someone else’s shoes?

Nisha Cantor lives the globetrotting life of the seriously wealthy, until her husband announces a divorce and cuts her off. Nisha is determined to hang onto her glamorous life. But in the meantime, she must scramble to cope--she doesn’t even have the shoes she was, until a moment ago, standing in.

That’s because Sam Kemp – in the bleakest point of her life – has accidentally taken Nisha’s gym bag. But Sam hardly has time to worry about a lost gym bag--she’s struggling to keep herself and her family afloat. When she tries on Nisha’s six-inch high Christian Louboutin red crocodile shoes, the resulting jolt of confidence that makes her realize something must change—and that thing is herself.

Full of Jojo Moyes’ signature humor, brilliant storytelling, and warmth, Someone Else’s Shoes is a story about how just one little thing can suddenly change everything.

About Jojo Moyes

English author, Pauline Sara Jo (Jojo) Moyes was born in London, England, UK in 1969. She grew up in London, attended London schools and colleges, then had a career in various writing venues. She still writes articles for The Daily Telegraph, but her Romantic Novel career began in 2002, with her first book, Sheltering Rain. She has won the Romantic Novel of the Year award twice.

Moyes novel, Me Before You, was one of the novels that garnered her the award mentioned above. It has sold more than 8 million copies across the world. In June of 2016, after it was adapted to film, Me Before You was released starring Sam Claflin of The Hunger Games, and Emilia Clarke of Game of Thrones. Jojo wrote the screenplay. The adaptation was written by Michael H. Weber and Scott Neustadter.

Jojo Moyes currently lives on a Saffron Walden, Essex farm with her husband, Charles Arthur (who is a journalist), and their three children.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Melissa (Semi-hiatus for Work) on February 02, 2023

Classic Jojo Moyes--funny, touching, and just an all around good story. It starts off as a mix-up. Sam is a married mother of a young adult daughter. Her husband lost his job and his father right around the same time, and he has been in a deep depression ever since. She's the sole breadwinner and ex......more

Goodreads review by Amina on February 23, 2025

This book was a massive departure from Jojo Moyes's usual books. It was "too much" of everything. It tried to be serious, comical, romantic, a bit of mystery, a bit of girl-boss-power all in one. If I could give a perfect summary, I would say I liked the beginning and the end but didn't care for most......more

Goodreads review by Val ⚓️ Shameless Handmaiden ⚓️ on November 01, 2023

2.5-3 Stars This was my first Jojo Moyes book and, while I liked it well enough, it definitely didn’t blow me away. I wanted milk toast Sam to grow a backbone a little sooner and Nisha…I typically love the ice queen character everyone else hates, but her redemption effort felt a little weak. And the......more

Goodreads review by Nina (ninjasbooks) on April 28, 2023

I liked the ladies we meet in the book. Although there are definitely stereotypes, i like characters who learn something new and change because of it. My favorite parts of the book was the relationship between the characters. It is lovely to see people coming together, encouraging each other and bei......more

Goodreads review by Sharon on May 30, 2023

Jojo Moyes is an incredibly talented author! I read the novel, Someone Else's Shoes, in one day. It is a riveting page-turner that starts with an innocent mix-up of two gym bags after a workout session. The two women who end up with the wrong gym bag, Nisha and Samantha (Sam), experience significant......more


Quotes

Praise for Someone Else's Shoes:

“This is a novel about women of a certain age who suddenly find themselves invisible — to their spouses, to their colleagues, to the world — and find pleasure in being “seen” by each other.”
The New York Times

“Nobody writes women the way Jojo Moyes does—recognizably real and complex and funny and flawed—which is what makes her novels an auto-buy for me.”
—Jodi Picoult, #1 New York Times bestselling author

“A delicious comedy that’s an ode to women and their friendships…Give yourself a treat with the latest from Britain’s queen of women’s fiction.”
People

Freaky Friday is all grown up in this heartfelt and heartwarming tale of two women in very different circumstances....From the storyteller behind Me Before You comes a story of reinvention that just might inspire you to make a change yourself—just buy your own shoes.”
Good Housekeeping

“A heartwarming, humorous and oh-so-human story.”
—Zibby Owens for Good Morning America

“Fortunes collide in this funny, warmly told story....Life-changing, heartwarming hilarity ensues.”
Reader's Digest

Someone Else’s Shoes is SO MUCH FUN. Beautiful about female friendship and brilliant on being a woman of a certain age....Exhilarating.”
—Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Grown Ups

“A compelling, full-of-heart novel about the power of female friendship.”
Kirkus

“Charming…Moyes is never short on her trademark clever observations…[her] fans will have a ball.”
—Publishers Weekly

“[Someone Else’s Shoes] showcases Moyes’ ability to portray emotion and female friendship with themes of love, betrayal, family, and hope. It is action packed and will have readers rooting for Nisha and Sam.”
Booklist, STARRED review

“This big fat novel (450 pages) is pure escapism...it’s a complete hoot to read [and it’s] about women finding their voice and being seen in middle age...”
Minneapolis Star Tribune

“The story of an enjoyable mixup between two women that sparks rejuvenating revelations in their lives.”
Popsugar