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Pulling Up The Weeds


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​Five very different women find they have two things in common… they’re all widows and they all need to move house.
 
Rosie - fair, fat and fifty - needs more space to nurture her new business venture - growing herbs. Virginia cherishes her social standing and is mortified that the minuscule pension her consultant husband has left her unable to keep up appearances, whilst Andrea’s  house is filled with memories, holding her back from starting a new life.
 
Gwen’s children, with half an eye on the equity in her house, are trying to push her into sheltered accommodation and Ellie, the recently widowed youngest of the group, is eager to leave the cramped house her husband bought to leave funds for his dream restaurant.
 
With their differing temperaments and opinions, finding the perfect house to share is not easy. A large rectory seems to be the ideal answer but managing to live in harmony proves tricky -  until a surprise visit shocks them into realising they have far more in common than they’d thought.
 
A warm-hearted and thought-provoking read, for fans of Hilary Boyd and Rosie Thomas.
 

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  • About
    • Terms of Business
  • Contact
  • How to Submit
    • Books We Like
    • SUBMISSIONS GUIDELINES
  • Clients A - L
    • Caroline Ashton
    • The Regency Belles Series >
      • Rowena >
        • Araminta
        • Harriette
        • Beatrice
        • Imogene
        • Louise
        • Rosalind
    • The Lime Tree Murders
    • Pulling Up The Weeds
    • Follow Me
    • Regency Short Stories
    • Hugo Barnacle >
      • Promise >
        • Day One
    • Leila Berg >
      • Flickerbook
    • Stephen Buck >
      • Films I Saw With My Father
    • Iestyn Edwards >
      • My Tutu Went AWOL
    • Ralph Fevre
    • Gray Freeman
    • Sam Giles >
      • A Very English Doctor
  • Clients M - Y
    • R P Marshall >
      • Antisense
    • Carol McGrath >
      • Praise for The Lost Queen
      • Mistress Cromwell
      • The Daughters of Hastings Trilogy >
        • The Silken Rose
        • The Damask Rose
        • The Stolen Crown
        • The Lost Queen >
          • Praise for The Lost Queen
    • Sophie Parkin >
      • The Colony Room Club 1948-2008
    • Lakshmi Raj Sharma >
      • Intriguing Women
      • Marriages Are Made in India >
        • The Tailor's Needle
    • Tony Slattery
    • Jonathan Socrates
    • Adrienne Vaughan >
      • Summer of Secrets >
        • Reviews of Summer of Secrets
      • Secrets of the Shell Sisters >
        • Praise for Secrets of the Shell Sisters
    • Grace Wynne-Jones >
      • Ordinary Miracles >
        • Wise Follies
        • Ready or Not >
          • The Truth Club
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