Heartbreak Hotel (CD-Audio)

from whitreidtan

There's something charming about the idea of bed and breakfasts as opposed to hotels. Since most owners live in the B and B and take care of all aspects of their guests' stays, they have a personal and homely feel to them that you don't find in a larger hotel. And if you have a garrulous innkeepe...

from Twink

Deborah Moggach...didn't she write The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel? Yes, she did indeed - I loved that book - and the movie! Moggach's new release, Heartbreak Hotel is just as heartwarming! Retired actor Russell 'Buffy' Buffery has lived a rich full life, but now he finds himself somewhat lonely l...

from Eyejaybee

I wasn't really sure whether I wanted to read this book, suspecting that it might be rather too simpering for my taste. Not a bit of it! It is very amusing and very shrewdly observed, and proved very enjoyable. Aging actor Russell "Buffy" Buffery has had quite an involved amatory career with thre...

from jayne_charles

A new Deborah Moggach novel is always a cause for great joy in my household. You could be forgiven for thinking she now writes exclusively about hotels: this one bears many similarities to its predecessor These Foolish Things (clumsily retitled to something about marigolds for the film version). ...

from triscuit

One of my favourite authors takes another sympathetic look at individuals making their way through life. An aging, working actor inherits an old b&b in a small town in Wales and sets out to start again (as he has so often throughout his romantic life). He dubs it the Heartbreak Hotel and schedule...