The Early Birds, Laurie Graham
The Early Birds, Laurie Graham
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The Early Birds

Author: Laurie Graham

Narrator: Liza Ross

Unabridged: 10 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 02/08/2018


Synopsis

'Why is Laurie Graham not carried on people's shoulders through cheering crowds? Her books are brilliant!' MARIAN KEYES

The Early Birds is the feel-good and funny follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America that proves that no matter what life throws at you, great friends and regular cocktails will always see you through.

Peggy, the southern belle. Kath, the pragmatist with the only Norfolk accent in New York state. Gayle, the preacher with healing hands. Mrs Colonel Audrey Rudman, forever keeping up the standards of the Officers' Wives Club. Lois, who's never had a thought she didn't voice. Loudly.

Their menfolk may be long retired, but once a US Air Force wife, always an Air Force wife, and the bonds of friendship forged in base after military base are still going strong fifty years later. Time is rendering its Accounts Payable for all of them now: hip replacements, eye problems, forgetfulness and departures.

In this hymn to lifelong female friendship, Peggy soldiers on through new upheavals, including her ex-husband Vern's Alzheimer's diagnosis, the death of one of her nearest and dearest, a life-changing house move and the world-shattering events of 9/11 with the help of her sharp-tongued, often eccentric, but always loyal group of friends.

About Laurie Graham

Laurie Graham is a former Daily Telegraph columnist and contributing editor of She magazine. The author of several acclaimed novels, most recently The Grand Duchess of Nowhere and The Night in Question (2015), Laurie lives in Dublin. Visit her website at www.lauriegraham.com


Reviews

Goodreads review by Mandy

What a delight this book is! Laurie Graham is at the top of her game here, with this follow-up to The Future Homemakers of America. Now the young women we first met on a US Air Force base in deepest Norfolk are all much older – if not wiser. The years have taken their toll, but the friendship betwee......more

Goodreads review by Helen

I always enjoy Laurie Graham's books and this is no exception. In Early Birds, we meet the characters from Future Homemakers of America once again - Texan Peggy Dewey, Kath from Norfolk, Gayle, now supposedly a faith healer, the very proper Audrey and loudmouth Lois. We've moved on 50 years and with......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

I absolutely loved Future Homemakers of America so when I saw quite by chance that Laurie Graham had writt en a follow-up I couldn't download it quick enough. It didn't disappoint, Peggy Dewey is still going strong, holding things together, building and maintaining friendships and providing a laconic......more

Goodreads review by Sarah

A very enjoyable sequel to The Future Homemakers of America. Make sure you read that first though. This is a standalone but I'm not sure it would be as enjoyable if you hadn't read the first instalment and got a handle on who all the different characters were.......more

Goodreads review by Jill

Laurie Graham is an English writer who writes mostly about British subjects but sometimes gives them a US flair. Her newest novel, "The Early Birds", is a sequel to "The Future Homemakers of America", which was published in 2002. It followed the lives of five or six women - mostly American - during......more