Finding Margo by Susanne O’Leary

When Margo misreads the map as they travel through France, her husband Alan indulges in yet another of his habitual rages. On impulse, Margo walks out of her emotionally suppressed life into the hands of fate and the vast French countryside. As her world is turned upside down, so are her expectations, and while she is making new friends and waiting for Alan to find her, she might just find herself…

Have you ever had such a bad argument with a partner that the thought has crossed your mind to walk out, and walk away? Well, not only does that thought cross Margo’s mind, but she acts on it. She walks away from the service station, and away from her husband.

I’m sure that the vast majority of people would have cooled off, and walked back.. but just maybe someone out there would have kept walking - and that woman is personified in Margo.

A few of the things that happen to her seem a little too convenient, but they are needed to to move the story along. I just accepted them, and carried on.

Margo finds herself employed as a sort of PA for a French lady, and finds herself quickly involved with the ‘goings-on’ of the whole family. She meets some colourful characters, who, in their own way, help her along her journey of rediscovering herself.

I enjoyed the descriptions of France, especially the scenes set in the country.

It’s fast paced, and the storyline did keep me reading. I’m still not sure, however, which ending I would have preferred…..