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Win £150 worth of Waterstones vouchers and a copy of The Switch

the switch competition

To celebrate the release of The Switch by Beth O'Leary we're giving one lucky gransnetter the chance to win a £150 Waterstones voucher, along with a copy of the book. We're also giving two runners-up £50 worth of Waterstones vouchers each as well as a copy of the book.

Eileen is sick of being 79.
Leena's tired of life in her twenties.
Maybe it's time they swapped places...

When overachiever Leena Cotton is ordered to take a two-month sabbatical after blowing a big presentation at work, she escapes to her grandmother Eileen's house for some overdue rest. Eileen is newly single and about to turn 80. She'd like a second chance at love, but her tiny Yorkshire village doesn't offer many eligible gentlemen.

Once Leena learns of Eileen's romantic predicament, she proposes a solution: a two-month swap. Eileen can live in London and look for love. Meanwhile Leena will look after everything in rural Yorkshire. But with gossiping neighbours and difficult family dynamics to navigate up north, and trendy London flatmates and online dating to contend with in the city, stepping into one another's shoes proves more difficult than either of them expected.

Leena learns that a long-distance relationship isn't as romantic as she hoped it would be, and then there is the annoyingly perfect - and distractingly handsome - school teacher, who keeps showing up to outdo her efforts to impress the local villagers. Back in London, Eileen is a huge hit with her new neighbours, but is her perfect match nearer home than she first thought?

Praise for The Switch:

"We laughed, we cried and we loved it!" - Fabulous, Sun on Sunday

"From the writer of the superior rom-com The Flatshare, this is the feelgood read we all need now" -Stylist.co.uk

"Ingenious. Ultimately the message is that sometimes we need to take a step back to see what matters." - Prima

"A lovely comedy with a special message about community and the perfect antidote to dark days." - Sunday Post, Scotland

"A warm, feelgood read with huge heart." - Cosmopolitan.co.uk

The Switch is available to buy now at Waterstones.com

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