The Wonderful Weekend Book, 9781848540538
Paperback
Reclaim your weekends: simple joys, recharged batteries, balanced life.

The Wonderful Weekend Book

reclaiming life's simple pleasures

$43.99

  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    31 January 2010

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Summary

Reclaim Your Weekends: A Guide to Simple Pleasures

For too many of us, the weekend has become just another overcrowded couple of days dominated by duties, traffic jams, hassle, and expense as we dash from supermarket to superstore catching up with the week’s chores. But it doesn’t have to be this way.

This inspiring book shows us how we can reclaim the weekend by re-charging our batteries and relationships through enjoying the simple pleasures in life.

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Book Details

ISBN-13:9781848540538
ISBN-10:1848540531
Author:Elspeth Thompson
Publisher:John Murray Press
Imprint:John Murray Publishers Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Release Date:31 January 2010
Weight:280g
Dimensions:196mm x 130mm x 24mm
What They're Saying

Critics Review

‘Glorious ideas for slowing down and reviving your weekends’

Help is at hand with this guide which is crammed full of ideas to make weekends special - This England

Filled with practical advice … the pleasure is in the reading and dreaming. A wonderful way to fill your precious 48 hours - Good Housekeeping

‘Glorious ideas for slowing down and reviving your weekends’ - Easy Living

A charming look at how our weekends can be spent doing the things we really enjoy - House and Home

Aptly named, this book offers enough inspiration to transform any weekend … Thompson s guide is sublime, a rich, diverse collection of ideas to reclaim the weekend - Good Book Guide

Elspeth Thompson is a fine writer … and her perky call to enjoy homemade pleasures is a timely encouragement … it is endearingly and enviably optimistic - BBC Country File Magazine

It s a hugely enjoyable read that should definitely get you doing more and activities that don t centre around the TV, mobile, laptop…. - Birmingham Mail

About The Author

Elspeth Thompson

Elspeth Thompson has been writing about gardening, interiors and aspects of green living for more than twenty years. A former features editor of World of Interiors, she has a weekly gardening column in the Sunday Telegraph and one in the Guardian on her project to turn a pair of dilapidated railway cottages on the south coast into a state of the art eco house. She spends her weekends gardening, beachcombing and cooking for friends and family.

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