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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.
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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
Format: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
Format: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
Format: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.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Linda Taylor is developing her story-telling really well
Havig read Linda Taylor's earlier books I thought this one had a really good story-line, some excellent insights into personal relationships - and an increasing amount of humour... Read more
Published on 9 May 2001 by Martin Graham Laycock
You won't want it to end
Beating About the Bush is the second novel by Linda Taylor that I've read (first being Reading Between the Lines) and I've really enjoyed them both. Read more
Published on 4 April 2001
Good Read But
I found the book very entertaining, but I think it lacked the insights of "Reading between the lines" and instead was full of cliche lines and characters.
Published on 12 Oct 2000
compulsive reading, unputdownable, brilliantly funny
I was up until 3am reading because I kept saying just one more chapter but found it impossible to put the book down. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2000 by K. Hague
persevere at first the second half is unputdownable.
Beating about the bush, Ella, I had nothing in common with her, Couldnt understand why she had chosen the pathway she had. Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2000
Funny, intelligent and imaginative.
I enjoyed BATB enormously. For me it was an extremely funny read, which often made me laugh out loud. Read more
Published on 25 July 2000
Real women - real lives - really wonderful!
I bought this book on the strength of the back cover blurb - Ella sounded just like me - looking for the simple life and not quite finding it, with nothing going exactly as she... Read more
Published on 12 July 2000
This one hits you where it hurts!
wow! well the first time I have ever read a book from cover to cover in one day and stuffed the rest of the world! Read more
Published on 8 Feb 2000
Warm, witty and wonderful
Having read Linda Taylor's two previous novels, I couldn't wait for this to come out in paberback - so I splashed out for the hb edition. It was money well spent! Read more
Published on 2 Feb 2000
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