by Annie Sanders (Author)
Under normal circumstances, bohemian, skint Izzie Stock would never have met Maddy Hoare, a Gucci-clad, Beemer-driving urbanite. Their backgrounds and values appear to be a million miles apart. Then, due to their respective husbands' careers, both women are dumped into the English countryside, fish out of water with five young children between them. They are thrown together at a ghastly ladies' lunch and quickly find they have two things in common - an absolute hatred for the petty-mindedness of their neighbours and a longing for the mucky London streets and residents' parking permits they've left behind. When tragedy hits and Maddy's world collapses, the two women decide it's time to shake things up. A chance discovery of Maddy's leads to the launch of a natural cosmetics company from Maddy's kitchen. The friends' subsequent success has implications far beyond their wildest imaginings...
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400
Publisher: Orion
Published: 06 May 2004
ISBN 10: 0752861352
ISBN 13: 9780752861357
Book Overview: Annie Ashworth and Meg Sanders have written several successful non-fiction titles, including TRADE SECRETS for Orion, which has sold over 70,000 copies As journalists, they also work with TV companies, write for the Evening Standard and the Independent and are very aware of social and commercial trends The novel's themes - female friendship, relocation to the countryside and the popularity of natural cosmetics - are highly commercial The authors are young, sparky and the best of friends