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Rural Bliss (Hardcover)

by Lou Wakefield (Author)
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)

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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd (7 Nov 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0340733810
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340733813
  • Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 16 x 3.4 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,781,968 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"Praise for TUSCAN SOUP: 'A Tuscan Comedy of Manners and Errors, beautifully observed and painfully funny.' - Meera Syal 'Treat yourself. Buy this book and savour the delicious ingredients in Tuscan Soup.' - Sue Townsend 'A cure for the blues. Lou Wakefield knows how to make us happy.' - Dr Dorothy Rowe 'I loved the novel: I saw myself in it and all of Tuscany. It's tightly written, it's very funny and once started, couldn't be put down.' - Miriam Margoyles 'All the right ingredients; given a good stir; delicious outcome!' - Jenni Murray


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'Treat yourself. Buy this book and savour the delicious ingredients in Tuscan Soup.'
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Superior escapism, 4 May 2003
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This review is from: Rural Bliss (Paperback)
I read this book quickly and with considerable relish. It's sheer escapism, yes, but none the worse for that. "Rural Bliss" is the story of Fran, who together with her second husband - apparently a distinct improvement on the earlier model - has fled London for the joys of country living and DIY, and the rather more doubtful joys of commuting to her advertising job. The novel recounts in a high-spirited and occasionally laugh-out-loud manner the experiences (good, bad and awful) of Fran and her two friends - man-eating city girl Allie and rural estate agent Sam - two women who could hardly be more different but who have their own romantic traumas and dilemmas to contend with.

The ending, I felt, was a little too pat and predictable - par for the course in this kind of romantic comedy, I suppose, where you know that, however unlikely it may seem, everyone simply must end up living happily ever after. But the ending did not, in my view, really do justice to a book which managed very well elsewhere without resorting to romantic cliches.

Classy, entertaining stuff nonetheless, and great holiday reading!

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hilarious!, 9 Nov 2003
By A Customer
This review is from: Rural Bliss (Paperback)
Feeling blue? Need a bit of a giggle? READ this book. It really made me laugh out loud. Cheered me up no end. Feel sorry for the reviewer below - where's their sense of humour?
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A Second Treat from Wakefield, 5 Jan 2003
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Wakefield has only improved from her debut in Tuscan Soup. A different cast of characters, but the same witty prose and clever humour. Each sentence is a gem in it's own right.

Buy the hard cover now so you won't have to wait until spring to have a good, hard laugh!

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