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Mail on Sunday
‘Joanna Trollope crossed with Tom Sharpe’
Sunday Mirror
‘The romance fizzes along with good humour and is a good, fat, summery read’
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81 of 82 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Somehow Katie Fforde can take characters that in another's hands would be unrealistic and makes them believable and down-to-earth. Fforde always turns a good tale, but I found this especially wonderful - maybe it's because the herione is pushing 40 with kids. (I've pushed 40 over!) And she still gets a fabulous romance! Another thing I love about Fforde is that the books are more about women finding themselves and their own place in the world than they are about finding love. (But they always get that, too - OK, maybe these are fairytales, but they at least seem realistic!) Althea is especially heartwarming, dealing with an insufferable ex, losing her job, kids that are good but demanding and self-centered (like all kids). Along comes Patrick to disrupt her life - the most disruptive threat being the fact that he's bought the property with the greenhouse that she's been using without permission. Soon, he threatens her peace of mind, his girlfriend runs off with her ex, she has to find a way to support herself - well, it all works out. The supporting characters are wonderful (as always) and I loved the description of all that goes into the Chelsea flower show. In my opinion, there's not a clunker in Fforde's collection.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Katie Fforde is one of my favourite authors and this book fulfils all my expectations from reading the other novels. I guess I enjoy her writing because although her main characters have usually had to cope with difficult times they are usually good people doing positive things with their lives, who look out for others. Unlike so many modern novels which leave you unfulfilled or even depressed, Katie Fforde's do the opposite. They leave you hopeful that there are some good people left in the world and enthused to get on with whatever life may have thrown at you. In "Wild Designs" she identifies so well with the battles of a mother of teenagers and yet you feel her kids are good kids. As a gardener her descriptions of real life gardening on a budgetr are so true and her wry humour about food, (spaghetti again?!) and fashion are wonderful, but she still gets her man!! Highly to be recommended.
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
And that's saying alot. Somehow Katie Fforde can take characters that in another's hands would be unrealistic and makes them believable and down-to-earth. Fforde always turns a good tale, but I found this especially wonderful - maybe it's because the herione is pushing 40 with kids. (I've pushed 40 over!) And she still gets a fabulous romance! Another thing I love about Fforde is that the books are more about women finding themselves and their own place in the world than they are about finding love. (But they always get that, too - OK, maybe these are fairytales, but they at least seem realistic!) Althea is especially heartwarming, dealing with an insufferable ex, losing her job, kids that are good but demanding and self-centered (like all kids). Along comes Patrick to disrupt her life - the most disruptive threat being the fact that he's bought the property with the greenhouse that she's been using without permission. Soon, he threatens her peace of mind, his girlfriend runs off with her ex, she has to find a way to support herself - well, it all works out. The supporting characters are wonderful (as always) and I loved the description of all that goes into the Chelsea flower show. In my opinion, there's not a clunker in Fforde's collection.
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Katie Fforde Wild designs
I thoroughly enjoyed this book,I was loathe to put it down.A nice story about an ordinary woman who puts her children before her love-life. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mrs. M. A. Perry
Top reading yet again
She does it again; making it really enjoyable, and characters are totally likeable!Having finished it tried to find something else to follow on with. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Amazon reviewer 1000
One of my favourites
Another great read by Katie Fforde, wonderful characters, suspense (will they, wont they) and a happy ending. Just what I want when I settle down with a Katie Fforde book. Read more
Published 7 months ago by K8-Rockingham
easy reading
If you want some thing light hearted, easy to read, with laughs along the way, try Katie Fforde.
I'm making my way through her list. Read more
I'm making my way through her list. Read more
Published 9 months ago by K. Garside
A total joy
Having written a rather unkind review of The Summer of Love, I feel that I should counterbalance it by saying how brilliant this book is. It is warm, funny and very romantic. Read more
Published 12 months ago by JILL VAVASOUR
Lovely and original reading
This is a lovely romantic story, which can be original and not fiction in alot of womens cases.
Althea has lost her job as a school secretary, she is a single divorced... Read more
Althea has lost her job as a school secretary, she is a single divorced... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mrs. V. Leete
Wild Designs
I have read a few of Katie Fforde's books now and I did not enjoy this as much as some of the others I have read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Karen Gooderham
Slow start then very enjoyable
Having read all of Katie Fforde's books I was a little disappointed with this one. I found it slow to get started and a bit clichéd at times. Read more
Published 18 months ago by A regular customer
Just perfect
Oh that woman, Althea, had me siting on the edge of my chair/bed for hours of pleasurable, hearty reading. Next on my list The Rose Revived. Thank you Ms. Fforde!
Published 22 months ago by Rennie
Not One of Katie's Finest
Firstly may I say that I normally really enjoy the escapism of Katie Fforde's books - undemaning chick lit with fairly well drawn characters. Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2010 by fizz boot
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