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Alice lives with her second husband in a leafy London suburb. But when her Bohemian mother falls ill, Alice has to go to Cornwall to look after her, and she begins to wonder if she has made the right life choices.
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Judy Astley was frequently told off for day-dreaming at her drearily traditional school but has found it to be the ideal training for becoming a writer. There were several false-starts to her career: secretary at an all-male Oxford college (sacked for undisclosable reasons), at an airline (decided, after a crash and a hijacking, that she was safer elsewhere) and as a dress designer (quit before anyone noticed she was adapting Vogue patterns). She spent some years as a parent and as a painter before sensing that the day was approaching when she'd have to go out and get a Proper Job. With a nagging certainty that she was temperamentally unemployable, and desperate to avoid office coffee, having to wear tights every day and missing out on sunny days on Cornish beaches with her daughters, she wrote her first novel, Just for the Summer. She has now had eleven novels published by Black Swan.
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"A laugh out loud read" * Woman's Own * "Wickedly funny" * Daily Mail * "A light, enjoyable, well-written read populated by appealing characters you won't be able to resist warming to" * Daily Mail * "With sharp dialogue that will have you laughing out loud, and well drawn characters to boot, this is an enjoyable light read" * Sunday Mirror * "Light-hearted, feel-good romance" * The Lady *
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- PublisherBlack Swan
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0552999512
- ISBN 13 9780552999519
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages282
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. If you like Carole Matthews and Milly Johnson, you'll love this delightful, light-hearted read from ever-popular Judy Astley Alice has a scrupulously organised, comfortable life in West London with Noel - her second husband whose main ambition in life is to sharpen his golf handicap in time for retirement. But when her mother Jocelyn, residing in shabby splendour in a crumbling house on a clifftop in Cornwall, becomes ill, Alice and the family goes to look after her. What she finds there appals her: her glorious childhood home falling into decay. Noel, helpfully, thinks Jocelyn should offload the house ('She's sitting on a goldmine, you know') and move into sensible sheltered accommodation. But their children love the freedom and beauty that they discover in Cornwall, and Alice begins to wonder whether her chosen way of life is necessarily the right one . . . Readers love Judy Astley: "Warm, funny and unerringly true to life" Katie Fforde "A laugh out loud read" Woman's Own "Wickedly funny" Daily Mail "A lively laughter-packed riot of a story" Heat. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR002627742
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