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Also by Gil McNeil:

Needles And Pearls, May 2010
Paperback
The Beach Street Knitting Society And Yarn Club, January 2010
Paperback
Divas Don't Knit, March 2008
Paperback
In The Wee Small Hours, July 2005
Paperback
Stand By Your Man, July 2004
Paperback
The Only Boy For Me, February 2002
Paperback

STAND BY YOUR MAN
By: Gil McNeil

Bloomsbury
July 2004
On Sale: July 19, 2004
Featuring: Alice Mayhew; Molly O’Brien; 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 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 (age four and likes washing up) and Matt (age 32 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 behavior, romance, and gardening tips all loom large in this hilarious and heartbreaking new novel that turns prejudices and assumptions upside down with humor and passion, telling it like it really is.