When Nicola's husband, Dominic, retires they decide not to spend their days finding hobbies to fill the time until Countdown is on. Instead, they fulfil their life-long fantasy of buying a country house and filling it with their dearest friends.
Sarah Long Livres
L'œuvre de Sarah Long explore souvent les complexités de la vie quotidienne et de la découverte personnelle, inspirée par une période importante de vie à l'étranger. Après des années dans l'édition, elle a entamé un nouveau chapitre, s'installant à Paris avec sa famille pour explorer différentes facettes de l'existence. Son écriture capture l'essence de la transition et la recherche de sens, offrant aux lecteurs un récit réfléchi et captivant. Basée maintenant à Londres, sa voix littéraire continue de résonner avec les expériences profondes acquises lors de son séjour à l'étranger.
The next best thing
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
At the age of 35, Jane has realised that the life she has created for herself isn't quite working out the way she had intended. When she meets Rupert - also feeling the pressure of modern life - they both begin to wonder whether it is such a good idea to settle for 'the next best thing'. Originally published: London: Century, 2005.
In this robust, insightful and hitherto only privately available handbook, Parisian wife and mother Hortense de Monplaisir shares with us the secrets of her survival amongst the English. Exiled to London for the sake of her husband's career, pioneer Hortense delves into the many aspects of la perfide Albion that have long puzzled its closest neighbour and oldest enemy. No one and nothing is safe from Hortense's penetrating eye as she discusses a diverse range of topics from the inability of the English to speak their mind, their bizarre love of rituals such as the stag party and the country fete and their passion for long muddy walks, to their obsession with World War II, estate agents and incomprehensible fondness for the traditional English pantomime. The result is a double-edged comedy: here are the foibles of the English, seen through the jaundiced gaze of a sophisticated Parisienne. Hortense's confident interpretations of some of our best-loved national habits (jam with meat, anyone?) will only confirm our long-held view that the French are, indeed, very different.
A sharp, irreverent and very funny novel for grown-ups.This is what you have been saying about Sarah Long:'An emotional tale of love, friendship and taking control of your life''Intelligent, witty, thought-provoking .
And What Do You Do?
- 400pages
- 14 heures de lecture
"Meet Laura: the woman who puts the 'je ne sais quoi' into the question: And What Do You Do? Laura has it all. A gorgeous husband, two beautiful children and an idyllic lady-of-leisure Parisian lifestyle. She spends her mornings sharing croissants and a grand creme with her friends, her afternoons in the Louvre and her evenings attending sophisticated soirees. It's the perfect life, isn't it? But hard as Laura's trying to enjoy her perfect life, it just doesn't seem to feel as perfect as it should. It's hard to stretch 'meeting for coffee' to last the entire morning, the Scandinavian au pair is driving her to distraction, her husband's hardly ever in their beautiful home, and Parisian society doesn't exactly embrace the femme inactive. So when her husband embarks on an affair with the irritatingly petite Flavia, Laura decides it's time to review her life -"
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Colors of the City is a fun book about all the New York City Sights. The wonder of New York City shines on each page.