Right Way Up

Name: Right Way Up
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Fiona McCallum
ISBN: 9781460731338

Author: Fiona McCallum

Narrator: Jennifer Vuletic

Unabridged: 10 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 04/02/2025

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Friendship, Women

Synopsis

When plans are upended, who can turn them the right way up?A heartwarming, wise and tender novel about life's twists and turns and figuring out what really matters, from Australian bestselling author Fiona McCallum.
Kind-hearted and practical psychologist Colin Palmer has spent decades helping his clients. Now he's under pressure to retire and hit the road in a new caravan with his wife Joyce. However, when Joyce abruptly heads off on her own adventure, Colin's perfectly ordered world is flipped upside down. He's left grappling to make sense of their marriage, who he is and what he wants. Enter no-nonsense, blunt, firecracker ex-nurse Shirley Royal! Recently widowed, Shirley is also searching for meaning after losing the bedrock of her existence. She's ripe for a new project and Colin might just be it! But just when Colin's future appears bright and assured, thanks to Shirley's friendship, Joyce tumbles back into his world. How will he now navigate a path between his old life and new?

About Fiona McCallum

Fiona McCallum was raised on a cereal and wool farm near Cleve on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula and remained in the area until her mid-twenties, during which time she married and separated. She then moved to Melbourne and on to Sydney a few years later. Fiona's first novel, Paycheque, was published in 2011 and became a bestseller. In the twelve years since, she has written another thirteen bestselling novels. Right Way Up is Fiona's seventeenth novel.Currently residing in Adelaide, Fiona is a full-time novelist who writes heart-warming stories that draw on her rich and contrasting life experiences, love of animals and fascination with human nature.For more information about Fiona and her books, visit her website at fionamccallum.com. She can also be found on Facebook at facebook.com/fionamccallum.author

Reviews

Goodreads review by Karren on February 21, 2025

Colin Palmer is a psychologist in Adelaide, he’s been married to Joyce for almost half a century and he’s close to retiring. Joyce is keen for them to become grey nomads, she’s been researching caravans and what type of vehicle they would need to tow one. Colin is shocked when Joyce up and leaves, s......more

Goodreads review by Shirley on March 31, 2025

What a glorious book. This is the first of Fiona’s books I have read and I absolutely adored it. The story focuses on Colin, a psychologist who is close to retirement and lives with his recently retired wife Joyce, until Joyce decides to go and leave and poor Colin is in a quandary as he has no idea......more

Goodreads review by Craig and Phil on March 31, 2025

Big thanks to Harlequin for sending us a copy to read and review. It makes me happy to know at this time of the year, a Fiona McCallum book will enter my life. Fiona writes wonderfully authentic stories that are moving, poignant, reflective and inspiring with real life issues and characters who you co......more

Goodreads review by Cindy on March 13, 2025

What an incredibly heart-warming, honest story! Right Way Up by Fiona McCallum pulled on my heart fiercely and because it harnessed me at an emotional level, I fell quickly into the plot and became heavily invested in the warm, caring and likeable Colin. The author hits the nail on the head of so ma......more

Goodreads review by Norma on March 21, 2025

What a lovely book really enjoyed following Colin as he navigated his new way of life. First book I have read of Fiona McCallum and I will be looking to read more of her books. I was lucky to receive this as an advance copy.......more