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the bestselling author of Iris and Ruby comes a novel of a group of old friends reunited to start a new stage of their lives.
Once again Rosie Thomas is exploring the themes of love and loss, The protagonists are all in their sixties, which maybe is why it resonated with me, being in this age group myself.


Six friends that have know each other since their university days have decided to set up home together, living in separate units on the estate in Norfolk that belongs to one of them.
Intended to become a retirement haven for the group, things don't go according to plan,

Not a sensational story but a sensitively created novel, about learning how to be old! At times quite sad, so maybe not to be recommended to anyone feeling low and finding it difficult to cope with these current difficult times.
I got half way through and it was a struggle to convince myself to keep picking it up to keep reading.
Didn't really like any of the characters Didn't really dislike them either, was just terribly bored by all of them.
A touch repetitive in a spot or two, reminding the reader unnecessarily of previous events in the book, but otherwise excellent story about friends, family, what can change, and what can be constant.
Enjoyed it. Good characters, good story line, Will read more by this author, Recommendedstars. This is quite a sweet little book, quite poignant in places, exploring the lives ofold friends who come together to live with each other in their sixties.
Its nostalgic and heartwarming, a messy tangle of lives and loves, Probably.as opposed tobut I enjoyed it, Maryann, Central patron, July,stars:

This is the first book I've read by this author, but I'm going to find more when I go to the library again.
I appreciated that the characters are in their sixties, I'm not, but I feel like so many stories have so many younger characters, What I found most interesting in this book was the Icene burial ground, I was hoping I will love the book because it was just ok,

The idea itself is great,friends who are now in theirs move in together, I would like to read a book about older people living a life but it kind of went nowhere.
It ispages but not much interesting is happening and I didn't get into the story of any of the characters.
What did the book even want to tell me It was kind of an empty and unexciting story unfortunately.
Even though the book doesn't seem like it is supposed to be depressing with most of the stories having a happy ending to me it was.
"Lovers and Newcomers" is a rather sad novel of a group of six friends that gather in an English Country home to reestablish their friendship from their student days.
They are reliving the past and seem to be afraid of ageing, Parts of this book were rather slow reading for me, I thought it was a depressing story, I received the book from Goodreads Giveaways in exchange for an honest review,./
Overall kind of just a cozy book, nothing crazy amazing about this story though, I did enjoy how it kind of just casually followed this group of friends and talked about what it was like growing old.
Interesting thoughts amp just good life vibes, Appreciate the season you are in type of story, I've loved Rosie Thomas before but I could simply not see the point of this book, The writing is OK, but the characters were just not there for me and neither was the story.
I found it hard to finish, I persevered, hoping that it would get better, but quite frankly, I don't know why I bothered, I am deeply disappointed about this book as I expected it to be so much better This book was easy and quick to read but I didn't get much out of it.
The blurb sells it asfriends who were wild in thes reunite in theirs sounds interesting, but that isn't really what this book was about.
The worst thing was the characters I still don't actually know who the '' were and I was very confused about who was who.
They were all very interchangable and inadequately characterised I couldn't keep track of who was who and there were several characters who seemed to have absolutely no point or story and were totally unnecessary.
I had absolutely no feelings for them at all, Actually the worst thing was that it kept jumping back and forth fromst person tord person, with no explanation or indication it was incredibly annoying! I liked a few of the substories, which made the book readable, but they just didn't come together into a main story.
This book was a bit sad and rather depressing, It focused on a group of friends who were nearing their sixties, trying to reestablish the bonds of their student days.
As their children had flown the nest, relationships fell apart and human failings became evident, I found the younger characters much more interesting and intelligent than their older counterparts and didn't really buy into the concept of Mead as a retirement haven.
magyarul "Szeretők és érkezők", Egyszer olvasós könyv, Amitől mégis emlékezetes marad, hogy ez az első regény, amit a "How to read a novel" című online kurzus után olvastam sokkal tudatosabban, mint előtte.
Felkaptam a fejem, megmegálltam, amikor valami olyasmiről volt szó, ami a tanfolyam anyagaiban megjelent, Most még inkább látom, mennyire elszúrt a magyar "irodalomtanítás"! Irodalomtörténetet tanítanak, ahelyett, hogy arra vezetnék rá a diákokat, hogyan HOGYAN! lehet a regény szövegével dolgozni, mire érdemes figyelni: a miértekre, a felépítésre, a jellemekre, az előadás módjára, a ritmusra, a visszatekintésekre miért ott, mit tudunk meg belőle, a jövőbe pillantásokra, a narráció nézőpontjaira, és még sok minden egyébre.
Six college friends reunite in theirs to live together on the same property, It sounds like a great premise for a story can friendships be reignited after people have lived totally different lives for many years Once I got all of the characters figured out, I really started to enjoy this book.
I think that it's a book that will be most enjoyed by readers the same age as the characters because many of the topics focus on ageing, health and the struggles in long term marriages.
Younger readers will enjoy it too but I think that older readers will understand the characters better, My favorite characters were the three women and I identified with parts of each of them in my life.
By the middle of the book, I wanted to keep reading to find out how the women adjusted to the changes in their lives and how they lived with such strained friendships.
To me, the women in this novel are the reason that it's such a great book to read.
A pleasant, but not overly absorbing/star book, that I'm bumping up mostly out of goodwill, and for the lovely cover, which in my edition was of an English country house.


Six British friends from university days in thes make plans in their late middle age to live together somewhat commune style on the country estate land of one in their group.
This leads to complications, romantic and otherwise, and much drama ensues,

It took me quite awhile to finish this novel, and it was easy enough to set aside while reading other books.
I always came back to it, though, and was committed to seeing it through,

There are a lot of characters each of the six have offspring, or late partners, and then there are the "newcomers," people from the village that slowly incorporate themselves into the storyline.
This leads to a convivial feeling throughout, though, and manages to not be overly confusing,

A fine escapist read, "At nineteen the discovery of love, friendships and any new experiences, seemed not just possible, but distinctly glorious.
Forty years later life feels more like a ramshackle piece of machinery, pulling you along with it, tangling you in the spokes of its dilemmas, merriment and agony spilling out as it trundles towards the horizon".
As a reader of "a certain age", I could certainly relate to this book and its themes of aging, finding and losing friends and wondering just what the future will be like.
I think many of the younger reviewers could not relate and therefore didn't care for this book, While I found the book slow in the beginning and actually put it aside for awhile, once I got going I found it enjoyable but it is probably not for everyone.
Wonderful story

I really enjoyed the characters and the story was so entertaining, The generational contrasts were terrific and as a baby boomer, I could surely relate, This is the first book I've read by this author, but I'm going to find more when I go to the library again.
I appreciated that the characters are in their sixties, I'm not, but I feel like so many stories have so many younger characters, What I found most interesting in this book was the Icene burial ground, Every character seemed too self absorbed, Could not relate to any of them, First book I've read by this author, It took a long time to decide if I liked this book, Halfway through it I was still considering quitting, I kept wondering what the point was, And I didnt really like many of the characters, But the writing was good and I kept plugging along, Im glad I did. Janey King, née Morris was born

onin Denbigh, Wales, and also grew up in North Wales.
She read English at Oxford, and after a spell in journalism and publishing began writing fiction after the birth of her first child.
Published sinceas Rosie Thomas, she has written fourteen best selling novels, deal with the common themes of love and loss.
She is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists Association, inwith Sunrise, and inwith Iris and Ruby.
Janey is an adventurer and once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering.
She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Pe Janey King, née Morris was born onin Denbigh, Wales, and also grew up in North Wales.
She read English at Oxford, and after a spell in journalism and publishing began writing fiction after the birth of her first child.
Published sinceas Rosie Thomas, she has written fourteen best selling novels, deal with the common themes of love and loss.
She is one of only a few authors to have won twice the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by the Romantic Novelists' Association, inwith Sunrise, and inwith Iris and Ruby.
Janey is an adventurer and once she was established as a writer and her children were grown, she discovered a love of travelling and mountaineering.
She has climbed in the Alps and the Himalayas, competed in the Peking to Paris car rally, spent time on a tiny Bulgarian research station in Antarctica and travelled the silk road through Asia.
She currently lives in London, sitelink.