Pastures Nouveaux
A Comedy of Country Manors
$40.56
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
31 January 2009
Summary
From SW7 to rural heaven…
Cash-strapped Rosie and her boyfriend Mark are city folk longing for a country cottage. Rampantly nouveaux-riches Samantha and Guy are also searching for rustic bliss - a mansion complete with mile-long drive and hot and cold running gardeners.
The village of Eight Mile Bottom seems quiet enough, despite a nosy postman, a reclusive rock star, a glamorous Bond Girl and a ghost with a knife in its back. But there are unexpected thrills in the hills. The…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780755329755 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0755329759 |
| Author: | Wendy Holden |
| Publisher: | Headline Publishing Group |
| Imprint: | Headline Review |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 31 January 2009 |
| Weight: | 328g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 128mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
‘Wickedly funny comedy of manners: oddballs, hilarious one-liners, and some very bad puns’ Kirkus Reviews
Pacy pastiche of city dwellers “gone country”…packed with puns… Holden has produced an entertaining novel, bursting with a large cast of Diblyesque characters, which will no doubt delight fans of her two previous books - Daily Mail
Clever, naughty and basically affectionate and good-natured…. a comic romp engineered with aplomb and dash… will have fans glued - Sunday TimesA very modern romantic comedy… her cultural references are spot-on… an amusing romp through village life - Mail on Sunday‘On days of gloom Wendy Holden’s novels should be handed round like aspirin. Her new book, Pastures Nouveaux, is guaranteed to bring a smile even to the baddest of moods… Discover the hills are alive with the sound of high jinks in this laugh-a-minute romp’ B magazine‘A pun-packed romp’ EveAbout The Author
Wendy Holden
Number one bestselling author Wendy Holden has written ten consecutive Sunday Times Top Ten bestsellers. A former journalist on the Sunday Times, Tatler and the Mail on Sunday, she contributes to a range of publications and is a TV and radio regular. She was a judge for the Costa 2013 Novel and Book of the Year Awards. Wendy lives with her husband and two children in Derbyshire.
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