Footloose And Fifty In France

By Kay Moriarty

This is a charming memoir from Kay Moriarty

What do you do when life hands you a fork in the road at fifty?

You take the one that leads to France.

Foot Loose and Fifty in France is a warm, funny and unflinchingly honest memoir of one woman's leap into the unknown. Newly divorced, newly brave and just shy of her fiftieth birthday, Kay swaps England for rural south-west France - and stays for twenty-three extraordinary years.

Told through a series of vivid, laugh-out-loud anecdotes, this book captures the realities of expat life in the 1990s: grappling with the French language (often hilariously), navigating builders, plumbers and bureaucracy, discovering village life, vineyards, lotto nights and local characters and learning that adventure doesn't end at midlife.

Cheeky, poignant and deeply human, Kay's stories reveal the friendships, romances, hard graft and unexpected kindnesses that shaped her new life abroad. Along the way, she offers a unique, lived guide to French culture - the things no handbook tells you, and a reminder that it's never too late to reinvent yourself.

This is a memoir for anyone who has ever dreamed of starting again, anyone curious about life as an expat, and anyone who believes that freedom, laughter and resilience don't come with an age limit.

Warning:

This book is a memoir from the late 1980s and early 1990s, written in the voice of the author and which the publisher has not altered.

The book contains misogynistic themes, describing instances of sexism, sexual harassment, and systemic gender inequality, often reflecting the societal attitudes of that era.

The content of this publication is based on the author's own personal experience and their own personal development journey. Where relationships have been difficult, names have been changed to protect privacy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914428498
• ISBN13: 9781914428494
• Release Date: March 2026
• Publisher: Discover Your Bounce Publishing
• Length: 78 Pages
• Weight: 0.19 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.0" x 8.0"