Rebecca Smith Livres

A brilliant and heart-warming story about the power of imagination and the special bond between grandparent and grandchild.

An empowering and powerful picture book, published in association with The Little Princess Trust.

‘Eye-opening and persuasive’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Brilliant … I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL ‘Thoughtful, moving, honest’ CAL FLYN

Winning and beguiling ... Smith shares Jane Austen's clarity and gentle irony Independent

If Jane Austen were with us today, she would have her own agony aunt column. This guide to modern dilemmas looks at work, domestic and romantic issues, and solves them using Jane's unsentimental view of life, love and money.

Posy has always dreamt of being the heroine of a Francoise Sagan novel. But life seems to have her passed by and now here she is, a stressed-out mother of four. Although she's married to a man called Parouselli who comes from a long line of trapeze artists and they live in a large, romantic house, it's not quite as magical as it sounds. Frank's dream of being a musician is a reality of distributing BettaKleen catalogues, the house is falling to bits and there are slugs living under the bath. Posy wonders how everyone else manages. Struggling through the mess of family life, she dreams of being a member of The Thin Legs Club, with an immaculate house, children who don't get ill, and a human Renault Espace of a husband. If only!

'A winning, beguiling romance . shares Jane Austen's clarity and gentle irony' Independent