- Paperback: 424 pages
- Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd; New edition edition (11 Mar 2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0099406152
- ISBN-13: 978-0099406150
- Product Dimensions: 17.4 x 11.2 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 2,349,056 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Ella Norton has opted for the simple life. Gone are the power suits and an executive career, in are the wellies, a horticulture course and Matt, her immensely sexy tutor. With two lodgers - gorgeous, worldly Miranda and unglamorous, nave Faith - to help with the DIY, it can't go wrong. Except that Miranda and Faith hate each other, Matt has a wife, and the DIY lands them in casualty. But it's when tall, abrasive and engaged CID man, Jaz Singh sets up camp in Ella's bedroom that life starts to spiral seriously out of control. Embracing the simple life has never been so complicated.
About the Author
Linda Taylor worked for the Civil Service in London and Angola, and as a vice-consul in Sri Lanka before teaching in Japan. On her return, she read English at Oxford. When her first novel, Reading Between the Lines, was published in 1998 it immediately became a Sunday Times Top Ten bestseller; her second novel, Going Against the Grain, was published in 1999 to great acclaim. She lives in Kent.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
wow! wacky and real at the same time - giggles galore,
By A Customer
This review is from: Beating About the Bush (Paperback)
I bought this at Stansted airport and finished it on the way back - on a business trip. It brought the wonderful wierdness of human behaviour right back into focus for me. Not just a good read, but as usual a great mix of characters we all know (or are....) and their mums! Sounds corny but Linda sees life as it is and has people talking to eachothjer from all backgrounds and situations instead of the usual trite "we all went to the same school boring girlie stuff that we usually get from the "yuppie women writers" that get stuffed down our throats in the book shops. This one has a bit of suspense and melodrama and even a very tastefully written sexy scene. The hero is yummy and the even the small-part-players have something to say. Unusual lady Miss T who can move into minor criminal fiction with success - maybe she should do more of it?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Marvellous... I never wanted this book to end!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Beating About the Bush (Paperback)
There I was at the book store about to get on a plane to Brazil and there it was, Ms Taylor's third book! Having read the previous two I at least I knew that there was no way I would be disappointed. I guess I wasn't expecting this book to be so absolutely excellent that I hardly put it down on the flight and staggered off the next day feeling very bleary eyed! I do not know what it is about BATB that makes it so brilliant. But it is absolutely the best read I have had this year. And I would go as far as to say that I am a book worm and get through at least four books a week! I think that I would really like to know the author. She sounds like she must be an absolute scream! The book is cleverly written full of comedy and fantastic one liners. The main character is so likeable that you are so much on her side all the way through the book. The great thing about Ms Taylor's writing is the fact that the people in her books are normal. They are not super rich or super famous. In BATB I could really relate to the characters and the situations, it was all so believable and the book just flows so easily from one very lifelike drama into another that before you know where you are....you are in Brazil! Great, brilliant and inspired! Let us have some more Ms Taylor!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great read,
By A Customer
This review is from: Beating About the Bush (Paperback)
Linda Taylor is such a funny writer! This book made me laugh out loud. The plot is clever and you really care what happens to the characters. If you want a book which will make you laugh, think and ultimately just feel great, then read this. I'm definitely now going to get her two earlier novels: Reading Between the Lines and Going Against the Grain. It's a great feeling to know that I've discovered a writer whose books I can't wait to read.
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