Shire Hell - Softcover

Johnson, Rachel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0241955394 ISBN 13: 9780241955390

Publisher: Penguin, 2011

Synopsis

Mimi and Ralph have left social climbing, pushy parenting and their marital problems behind them in London, and moved west to the bucolic green depths of the country. Or so they thought. Yes, there's mud and masses of fresh air, plenty of handsome hayseeds and there's Rose, Mimi's new best friend and Dorset's answer to Martha Stewart. But what should be Shire Heaven is, it turns out, just as tricky to navigate as Notting Hell. There's low-level conflict between the racehorses in vintage/Diesel/Ralph Lauren and the brood mares in Barbour/Boden, there's guerrilla warfare between the landowners and eco-warriers and naked hostility between Old Money, New Money and No Money. Yes, in honeybourne, if you don't have: 1) A landscaped garden within 1000 acres (minimum) of prime land 2) A helipad for your trophy guests 3) An organic farm shop selling 16 sorts of home-made sausages 4) Four pony-mad polo-playing children 5) A literary...

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Praise for Notting Hell

'Shiveringly brilliant' Jilly Cooper

'An addictively funny read about the lives of the rich and richer ****' Heat

'A wickedly funny comedy of modern manners' OK!

About the Author:

Rachel Johnson is a newspaper columnist, journalist and editor of The Lady magazine. She is married to Ivo Dawnay, has children, and lives in London and Somerset. The Mummy Diaries, Notting Hell and A Diary of The Lady are available now from Penguin.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0241955394
• ISBN 13: 9780241955390
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320