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A Not Quite Perfect Family

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A Not Quite Perfect Family

By: Claire Sandy
Narrated by: Bea Holland
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Funny, feisty and all-too-true, A Not Quite Perfect Family by Claire Sandy is for anyone who loves their family so much they’d just like a weekend away from them.

Fern Carlile has a lot on her plate. It’s a good thing she loves her big, imperfectly perfect family, because she’s the one who washes their pants, de-fleas the dog and runs her own business. A hearty meal is the one thing that brings the Carliles together – but over the course of a year, the various courses also pull them apart.

Around the table sits an eight-year-old militant feminist, a pair of teenage accidental parents, and a cantankerous OAP. Fern’s husband needs an extra seat for his spectacular midlife crisis.

Will Fern’s marriage be over by the time coffee is served? Perhaps she’ll give in and have the hot new dish that looks so tempting. Decisions, decisions . . .

Family Life Fiction Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Women's Fiction Marriage Heartfelt Comedy Funny

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Critic reviews

A great summer read (Bella on A Very Big House in the Country)
A warm and amusing easy read, full of gentle suspense and south-west sunshine (Daily Mail on A Very Big House in the Country)
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