How To Age Disgracefully by Clare PooleySynopsis “When age makes you invisible, secrets are easier to hide. Daphne knows that age is just a number. She also knows that society no longer pays her any attention – something she’s happy to exploit to help her hide a somewhat chequered past. But finding herself alone on her 70th birthday, with only her plants to talk to and neighbours to stalk online, she decides she needs some friends. Joining a Senior Citizen’s Social Club she’s horrified at the expectation she’ll spend her time enduring gentle crafting activities. Thankfully, the other members – including a failed actor addicted to shoplifting and a prolific yarn-bomber – agree. After a tragic accident, the local council threaten to close the club – but they have underestimated the wrong group of pensioners…and with the help of a teenage dad and a geriatric, orphaned dog, the incongruous gang set out to prove it. As long as their pasts don’t catch up with them first…”

My Review

I loved Clare Pooley’s previous novel, so I was thrilled to be approved for her latest book on NetGalley. 

The story was told from the point of view of a few different characters, starting off with Daphne who’s mentioned in the above  synopsis.

Daphne was a brilliant character. A strong older woman, with a very spiky character, so not always particularly likeable. However, she was great at sorting everyone’s problems out, as well as helping to save the social club.

I enjoyed meeting all the different characters and following them on their mission to save the club. I particularly liked Ziggy a teenage single Dad, Lydia who runs the Social Club and Maggie Thatcher who isn’t at all who you think she is!

Recommended if you enjoy contemporary fiction or you’re in need of a feel good read!

Thanks to Transworld Publishers and NetGalley for my digital copy via the NetGalley App.