'Such a lovely, funny read. Smart, witty and full of heart.' Ruth
JonesNatalie and Carl are newlyweds, but the honeymoon period is
over already. Carl has just announced he has bought their first
home at auction without telling Natalie where it is, never mind
showing her a picture of it. Natalie is horrified to discover that
the dream home is in Little Wyford, mere minutes away from Carl's
ex-wife Antonia. And to make matters worse, Antonia's palatial
country mansion has a fully-functioning roof (and a heated swimming
pool!), unlike the ramshackle cottage Carl has bought for them...
Antonia is Little Wyford's Queen Bee, mistress of the book club,
organiser of the Christmas Fair and leader of the ladies-who-lunch.
No matter how hard she tries, Natalie just doesn't fit in, and when
Antonia insists on referring to Carl as 'Our Husband', Natalie's
dreams of happily-ever-after take another nose dive. Second-hand
furniture has much to recommend it, especially when doing up a
country cottage, second-hand clothes can be ever-so chic, but
second-hand husbands are proving to be a very bad idea indeed...
Can Natalie ever escape the label of Wife Number Two or is she
destined to share her husband forever? Hilariously funny, wickedly
witty, but with a heart of gold and a warmth and wisdom that are
all its own, A Second-Hand Husband is Claire Calman's tour de
force. 'So engrossing, you'll read until four in the morning!'
Jilly Cooper 'With her trademark warmth and wit, Calman unpacks the
secrets everyone is keeping' Wendy Holden Praise for Claire Calman:
'Don't take this hilarious, touching and very clever novel to bed
if you've got to rise very early the next day, because it is so
engrossing, you'll read until four in the morning. Claire Calman's
plot twists and turns with endless surprises...' Jilly Cooper 'I
really, really enjoyed it - I devoured it over four nights. Such a
lovely, funny read. Smart, witty and full of heart. The characters
were so well defined - I felt I knew them intimately. And the
cottage and the pond and village - all the locations in fact were
so beautifully depicted, I was completely transported there! But
also the dialogue was a joy and such great humour - I laughed out
loud on many occasions.' Ruth Jones 'A beautifully observed tale of
new love and blending families, with a heroine I was rooting for
from the very first page.' Shari Low on A Second-Hand Husband 'A
beautiful book, so compassionate... and ultimately very hopeful. I
enjoyed it hugely.' Marian Keyes 'A clever, bittersweet, uplifting
novel' Sophie Kinsella 'Writing with proper heart' Rachel Joyce
'The characterisation is brilliant, and the astute storytelling,
punctuated by stiletto-sharp wit, produces an effervescent and
spirit-lifting story.' Sunday Mirror 'A poignant and beautifully
articulated tale of love and loss, memory and forgetting, grief and
guilt, new love and letting go. I was engrossed, often tearful, and
finally, uplifted.' Isobel Wolff 'Simply wonderful. I was totally
enchanted, devoured it in a day, and have been raving about it ever
since.' Fiona Walker
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