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''You're not doing very much at the moment, darling. I don't suppose you'd care to house-sit for a while?''
Thus begins the irresistible story of two fixer-uppers--an old house and a young woman--and their efforts to recapture their true luster.
When Hetty Longden, freshly dumped and brokenhearted, agrees to look after her great-uncle's dilapidated mansion in the English countryside, she's at something of a lifetime low. With no job, no lover, no prospects, and no particular talent for resuscitating crumbling estates, she hopes for nothing more than some good old-fashioned escape. What she finds includes a cast of quirky and ever-present neighbors, a couple of SNAGs (Sensitive New Age Guys); some very humorless bank officials; a cat and two disarming little canines; one gracious, dilapidated, romantic old house; and, just maybe, enough elbow grease to polish everything up again.
A Sunday Times (London) bestseller that's as inviting as an elegant old house full of unexplored rooms, after a good scrubbing-down, of course, Stately Pursuits is the funniest, smartest, and warmest read of the season.
''You're not doing very much at the moment, darling. I don't suppose you'd care to house-sit for a while?''
Thus begins the irresistible story of two fixer-uppers--an old house and a young woman--and their efforts to recapture their true luster.
When Hetty Longden, freshly dumped and brokenhearted, agrees to look after her great-uncle's dilapidated mansion in the English countryside, she's at something of a lifetime low. With no job, no lover, no prospects, and no particular talent for resuscitating crumbling estates, she hopes for nothing more than some good old-fashioned escape. What she finds includes a cast of quirky and ever-present neighbors, a couple of SNAGs (Sensitive New Age Guys); some very humorless bank officials; a cat and two disarming little canines; one gracious, dilapidated, romantic old house; and, just maybe, enough elbow grease to polish everything up again.
A Sunday Times (London) bestseller that's as inviting as an elegant old house full of unexplored rooms, after a good scrubbing-down, of course, Stately Pursuits is the funniest, smartest, and warmest read of the season.
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From the Publisher:
"Charming...enormously enjoyable....Like listening to Cole Porter or watching The Philadelphia Story." --Newsdsay
About the Author:
"A delightful, unabashedly unpretentious love yarn." --Kirkus Reviews
KATIE FFORDE is the author of seventeen acclaimed novels, including Going Dutch, Wild Designs, and Life Skills.Born in Wimbledon, she now lives in Gloucestershire, England, with her family.
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- PublisherMichael Joseph, UK, London
- Publication date1997
- ISBN 10 0718142918
- ISBN 13 9780718142919
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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