Venetia Summers appears to lead a fairytale rural existence with her husband and two sons in her tumbledown Norfolk cottage. But when her husband walks out on them, not even the arrival of a new baby can make up for the sense of loss she feels.
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From the Back Cover:
“An entertaining celebration of family life with all its highs, lows and eccentricities. It puts Barker firmly in the camp of interesting female novelists who entertain as much as they inform.”–The Times (London)
“Imagine Bridge Jones cooled out, married, the mother of three, living in the British countryside–and suddenly deserted by her husband. The result might be something like this breezy novel.”–Us Weekly
“Rafaella Barker endows her narrator with a keen sense of humor. And the author’s disarming portrait of country life almost makes you want to trade places with Venetia.” –The Dallas Morning News
From the Inside Flap:
rcee finds herself marooned in the countryside, surrounded by clutter, children, and hens. This charming, wickedly funny, exuberant novel is the talented young author's U.S. debut.
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- PublisherBloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication date2014
- ISBN 10 1408851628
- ISBN 13 9781408851623
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages343
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