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STAND BY YOUR MAN By: Gil McNeil
Bloomsbury
July 2004
On Sale: July 19, 2004
Featuring: Alice Mayhew; Molly OโBrien; Lola Barker
320 pages ISBN: 0747561397 EAN: 9780747561392 Paperback
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Contemporary Chick Lit
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? Alice Mayhew, part-time architect and full-time mother to Alfie, is to gardening what Alan Titchmarsh is to deep-sea fishing. So finding sheโs been volunteered to design a new garden for the village comes as a bit of a shock, because apart from anything else sheโs far too busy trying to convince Alfie that wearing green trousers doesnโt make you Peter Pan, and that flying is best left to the experts. Molly OโBrien is finding it hard enough coping with Lily (age four and likes washing up) and Matt (ageย 32 and doesnโt) before she discovers sheโs pregnant. And then thereโs Lola Barker, who causes havoc wherever she goes, and brings a whole new meaning to the word high-maintenance. Toddlers, jelly, bad behavior, romance, and gardening tips all loom large inย this hilarious and heartbreaking new novel that turns prejudices and assumptions upside down with humor and passion, telling it like it really is.
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