Book description
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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 the 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 the word
high-maintenance.
Toddlers, jelly, bad behaviour, romance and gardening tips all loom
large in Gil McNeil's hilarious and heartbreaking new novel. Stand By
Your Man turns prejudices and assumptions upside down with humour and
passion, telling it like it really is. Sometimes it's hard to be a woman...
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Is it better to forgive and forget, or should you just get even? Is it
possible to live in the country and not lose your mind completely? Do
chickens really make good pets? And what exactly is a hardy perennial?
< 'Thinking of moving to the country with your kids? Read this book
instead.' Phil Hogan '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 the 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 the word high-maintenance.
Toddlers, jelly, bad behaviour, romance and gardening tips all loom
large in Gil McNeil's hilarious and heartbreaking new novel. Stand By
Your Man turns prejudices and assumptions upside down with humour and
passion, telling it like it really is. Sometimes it's hard to be a woman...
P>
Is it better to forgive and forget, or should you just get even? Is it
possible to live in the country and not lose your mind completely? Do
chickens really make good pets? And what exactly is a hardy perennial?
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