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Karen Wheeler
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  • Paperback: 320 pages
  • Publisher: Summersdale (2 Aug 2010)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1849530661
  • ISBN-13: 978-1849530668
  • Product Dimensions: 19.2 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 4,974 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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Featured in The Daily Mail Life & Style section, 12th July 2010. -- The Daily Mail Life & Style section, 12th July 2010

Featured in The Times Books Section, 17th July 2010
--Times Books Section, 17th July 2010

`This is a great book for sitting down to read as the nights draw in. It will conjure up scenes of warmer days and places and will get you daydreaming.'
--Shetland Times, 3rd September 2010

'laugh-out-loud tales of adventures and mishaps... sit back and enjoy the ride.' --Living France, November 2010

'This proved to be a most entertaining book and hopefully there will be more humorous stories from this writer in the future.' --Scottish Home & Country Magazine, March 2011

As featured every month in Living France magazine.
--Living France

As featured every month in Living France magazine. --Living France Magazine

'Written... with vast amounts of humour and heart... a book that readers will enjoy to the very last page' --chicklitclub.com

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There is so much to look forward to in the months ahead - to lengthening evenings, bike rides past fields of sunflowers or wild meadows of bluebells and poppies (just like the seventies Flake ad) and several months of fetes, vide greniers (car boot sales) and barbecues in friends' gardens. And I cannot wait to get back to see if Andy Lawton has called… After reaching the heights as a successful fashion editor, Karen said goodbye to all that and set about renovating a run-down house in rural Poitou-Charentes, in central western France, and living a simpler life. Her idyll is almost complete when she is blissfully ensconced in her fully plumbed, tiled, floored and 'warm as the hug of a pashmina' Maison Coquelicot - until, that is, a gang of macho Portuguese builders, a procession of Brits behaving badly and the ghosts of boyfriends past begin to arrive on her doorstep. Karen soon finds her (dancing) feet in the small rural community when she discovers the key to acceptance is le danse country. And after a few shuffles and twirls she meets the love of her life - he has dark, shaggy hair, four paws and a wet nose…

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
A lire tout de suite ! 30 July 2010
By Josephine Huys VINE™ VOICE
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At last the sequel to 'Tout Sweet' has arrived ! Much awaited, at last we discover what happened after the breakdown on the road ! and a few more surprises also : we meet Karen's hairy and very sweet new companion, her very unexpected and a bit crazy new hobby (an acquired taste, frequent among the natives...), get to know a not so pleasant dogs' owner, a very pleasant village's mayor, and... a romantic encounter from a totally unsuspected corner...In brief, there is again plenty of french (and not so french) delights to savour in this new funny chapter of Karen's life, that she so candidly shares with us. Quickly immerse yourself in a world that rocks and for some blissful hours, forget all else ! Hoping again that the follow-up wont be too long to wait !
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Once again I finished a book by Karen Wheeler in one sitting! Karen excels in painting the rhythm and charm of French country life. It makes me want to book my plane ticket down to her area and hunt out all the charming characters real-life inspirations. What lifts this book from being just another sequal is one of the best love stories of the summer - between Karen and her dog Biff. Karen's characterisation of her dog Biff makes him the break out star - stealing every scene he finds himself in. Buy it! Find yourself a sunny spot! Turn off your phone and escape...
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Totally alluring 25 Aug 2010
Format:Paperback
I was utterly captivated by this delicious book sent to me by a friend - so much so that I felt compelled to telephone the author and wax lyrical as to how much I had enjoyed the flow of her pen. I look forward to reading Tout Sweet and am delighted to learn that a 3rd book is in the offing. Highly recommended light reading, particularly for lovers of rural France.
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Good holiday read
Really enjoyed this book and have recommended it to several friends as a good holiday read.Can not wait for the next book.
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Unputdownable. Is that a word?
I read this book after reading the author's first book 'Tout Sweet'. I often find that sequels can be a bit of a let down, that it not the case with this book. Read more
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Tout enjoyable
Lovers of all things French and with a rose tinted view on life there will absolutely enjoy this book. Read more
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Better and better!
I was rather cool in my review of "Tout Sweet", but looked forward to reading the sequel. I was not disappointed- Karen succeeds in bringing to life what seems to be an idyllic... Read more
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Great book!
This book is just as good as the first! So nice to hear all that Karen has been up to in France, a must book for anyone who loves all that is French! Read more
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More fun with Karen!
I enjoyed this sequel to Tout Sweet hugely. It covers similar territory but with a different cast of characters. Read more
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This book continues where the first one left off, but could be read just as easily without having the background of the first - as Karen describes perfectly her surroundings and... Read more
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A great bedtime read!
If what you are looking for is a book to relax you at bedtime or for curling up with on a cold winter's night then this is the one. Read more
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Biff rules
I read this book straight after the first as I just couldnt get enough. And now I feel Im slightly stalking Karen to see when her next book will be available and hoping for some... Read more
Published 7 months ago by ausnoodles
Another cracking read!
I'd already read Karen's first book and couldn't wait to try this one. If anything, it's better than the first! I can't believe so much goes on behind closed doors....! Read more
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