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Ruby Grant has just moved to the country. Her husband, Oliver, is sceptical about anything rural, but he seizes the opportunity to leave Ruby's two grown-up yet inexplicably dependent children behind in the city. Life slows down alarmingly from the moment they set foot in Troy Cottage, but at least Ruby can finally start writing her novel in peace. Until her daughter, Poppy, turns up with boyfriend and dog in tow, announces she's pregnant and moves into Ruby's office. Then Josh needs somewhere to do his washing, and her father wants to stay for Christmas...
Despite this, Ruby finds village life surprisingly seductive. The Christmas pantomime, the weekly pub quiz, the summer fête...she just can't say no. And especially not to Hamish, the handsome journalist who seems anxious to accompany her on investigations for the parish magazine. There's surely no harm in a little crush - but can Ruby avoid the hazards of country loving?
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'Julie Highmore's warm-hearted novel COUNTRY LOVING, about moving to the country, revels in the hazards of the rural life as well as its seductive attractions' Publishing News (Publishing News)
'Hilarious. I loved it' Wendy Holden (Wendy Holden)
'She writes wonderfully well. Her style is restrained and supremely confident, pruned of unnecessary detail and sparkling with mordant wit.... Pacy and witty, Highmore's take on the country comedy is as fresh, crisp and delicious as a new organic carrot. An extremely promising debut' Express (Express (Wendy Holden))
'So enjoyable... It's a lovely read' Catherine Alliott (Catherine Alliott)
'Welcome new life is breathed into a familiar scenario' Woman & Home (Woman & Home)
'I have read COUNTRY LOVING and enjoyed it. I like her totally unsentimental angle on country living, and the eccentric and quirky characters... I am sure it will do well' Rosamunde Pilcher (Rosamunde Pilcher)
'It's lovely. It's delightful. It's funny and observant and truthful... I really, really liked it' Philip Pullman
'Classic, warm-hearted comedy' Bookseller (Bookseller)
'Funny, original and dazzlingly assured. I adored everything about this excellent book' Jill Mansell (Jill Mansell)
'So enjoyable... It's a lovely read' Catherine Alliott
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'Hilarious. I loved it' Wendy Holden (Wendy Holden)
'She writes wonderfully well. Her style is restrained and supremely confident, pruned of unnecessary detail and sparkling with mordant wit.... Pacy and witty, Highmore's take on the country comedy is as fresh, crisp and delicious as a new organic carrot. An extremely promising debut' Express (Express (Wendy Holden))
'So enjoyable... It's a lovely read' Catherine Alliott (Catherine Alliott)
'Welcome new life is breathed into a familiar scenario' Woman & Home (Woman & Home)
'I have read COUNTRY LOVING and enjoyed it. I like her totally unsentimental angle on country living, and the eccentric and quirky characters... I am sure it will do well' Rosamunde Pilcher (Rosamunde Pilcher)
'It's lovely. It's delightful. It's funny and observant and truthful... I really, really liked it' Philip Pullman
'Classic, warm-hearted comedy' Bookseller (Bookseller)
'Funny, original and dazzlingly assured. I adored everything about this excellent book' Jill Mansell (Jill Mansell)
'So enjoyable... It's a lovely read' Catherine Alliott
A witty and warm-hearted debut from an original and contemporary voice: 'Hilarious. I loved it' Wendy Holden
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- PublisherHeadline Review
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 0755300696
- ISBN 13 9780755300693
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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