‘A joy: a laugh-out-loud account of Annie Baker’s life and
loves … a heartbreaking, funny look at parenting
and passion’ Elle
Life just keeps getting more complicated for Annie Baker. Her sister Lizzie’s pregnant and wants Annie to be her birth-partner, while Kate from the village has somehow ended up having an affair with her own ex-husband. As for the men in Annie’s own life, it just gets worse. Her seven-year-old son Charlie is now officially Pagan, and desperate for a pet pheasant. Boss Barney’s taken up TV commercials involving stunts that aren’t exactly safe. Then there’s Uncle Monty to keep an eye on, eighty-three and threatening the Meals on Wheels lady with a shotgun. And then Mark comes back from New York, just when Annie was beginning to think she might be able to cope without him …
Stand By Your Man
‘A funny and touching novel. I wish I’d written it’ Arabella Weir
Alice Mayhew, part-time architect and full-time mother to Alfie, is to gardening what Alan Titchmarsh is to deep-sea fishing. So finding she’s been volunteered to design a new garden for the village comes as a bit of a shock, because apart from anything else she’s far too busy trying to convince Alfie that wearing green trousers doesn’t make you Peter Pan, and that flying is best left to experts. Molly O’Brien is finding it hard enough coping with Lily (aged four and likes washing-up) and Matt (aged thirty-two and doesn’t) before she discovers she’s pregnant. And then there’s Lola Barker, who causes havoc wherever she goes, and brings a whole new meaning to ‘high-maintenance’.
Divas Don’t Knit
‘Warm and wonderful’ Cosmopolitan
Needles and Pearls
The sequel to the bestselling Divas Don’t Knit
A year after her husband’s death, Jo Mackenzie is finally starting to get the hang of being a single parent. The boys are thriving in their new seaside home, the wool shop is starting to do well and despite two weddings, an in-school knitting project and Trevor the Wonder Dog coming to stay, she’s just about keeping her head above water. But boys, babies and best friends certainly make life a lot more interesting. Can Jo cope when things get really complicated? Because if knitting truly does keep you sane when your life starts to unravel then it looks like Jo is going to need much bigger needles …
First published in Great Britain 2001
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