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Campari for Breakfast

By: Sara Crowe
Narrated by: Sara Crowe
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'Reads like a cross between I Capture the Castle and Love, Nina' Cathy Rentzenbrink, Bookseller

Life is full of terrible things. Ghosts of dead relatives, heartbreak . . . burnt toast.

In 1987, Sue Bowl's world changes for ever. Her mother dies, leaving her feeling like she’s lost a vital part of herself. And then her father shacks up with an awful golddigger called Ivana.

But Sue’s mother always told her to make the most of what she’s got – and what she’s got is a love of writing and some interesting relatives. So Sue moves to her Aunt Coral’s crumbling ancestral home, Green Place, along with a growing bunch of oddballs and eccentrics. Not to mention the odd badger or two . . .

There she fully intends to write a book, fall in love, and learn to live decadently.

Campari for Breakfast is a heart-warming, eccentric novel that joins the ranks of great British coming-of-age novels such as Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love.

 Coming of Age Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Romance Romantic Comedy Women's Fiction Comedy Feel-Good Heartfelt

Critic reviews

I was really cross when I reached the final few words, because I didn't want it to end. It is brilliant. Heart-rending sorrow, unremitting hopefulness and joy, held together by the delicious comic malapropisms of a startlingly original teenage heroine. An utter delight (Tamsin Greig)
We defy you not to love Sue, the quirky heroine of Sara Crowe's charming CAMPARI FOR BREAKFAST
A sort of upmarket Adrian Mole . . . full of poignancy, humour and shafts of startling perception
Campari for Breakfast is truly, charmingly, battily splendid… Utterly divine!
This charming debut about family secrets reads like a cross between I Capture the Castle and Love, Nina (Cathy Rentzenbrink)
A quirky debut novel as touching as it is funny.
Deeply eccentric and very, very funny, Campari for Breakfast is as charming and humane as its multi-talented author. It's also unexpectedly touching. A delight
Absolutely delightful and charming. I loved it
A quirky unexpected delight (Sam Baker)
Quirky and rewarding - a delight
All stars
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'Campari for breakfast' is a great big hug of a book; bautifully executed, heartfelt writing!

Sara Crowe paints her characters so vividly, you can't help but become entangled. Warmth, wit, heart breaking honesty and life as it is lived. I've already bought 3 copies to give as gifts. This is one story I'm sure to revisit again and again- whether for comfort or truth. I am inspired.

OMG I.love.this.book!

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