To the Manor Drawn - Softcover

Bosher, Leslie Ann

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1921259892 ISBN 13: 9781921259890

Publisher: Murdoch Books, 2007

Synopsis

Be prepared to laugh out loud at the foibles of humankind as Leslie Ann Bosher exchanges her treasured city life for unremitting open space in this wryly written story of a naturalised Brit who decides to make room for a pair of Wellington boots beside her stilettos. When American-born London resident Leslie Ann Bosher pictured her future, she thought that a little weekend hideaway in Paris would be on the cards. So she was rather taken aback when her husband, Bill, showed her a brochure on a Stocken Hall. Join Leslie Ann as she takes us on a humour-filled journey to English country living: from the joys and quirks of a small town and the people who reside in it, to the wonderful differences between the British and American approaches to life.

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A delightful new book which captures the essence of the countryside with wit and wry observation. This is no smart aleck view as purveyed by many louder-than-life Yanks who think the M1 is a cart track. This is a gentle and affectionate look at our lifestyle as only an outsider can perceive it. --Rutland & Stamford Mercury

It is an entertaining volume...when making fun of either customs or people, she does so with gentle humour and without malice, and often displays the endearing characteristic of being able to laugh at herself. --Leicestershire and Rutland Life

Enchanting accounts of living in Tuscany or the south of France have set such a high standard that this tale of an American moving from London to the countryside has stiff competition. American-born author Leslie Ann Bosher and her British-born husband buy a spacious apartment in a 17th century manor house and become acquainted with the rustic joys of winter weather, market days, country fashions and the village pub. It may not be the sun-drenched landscape of Provence or the ancient walled town of Montalcino but life in the English countryside seen, despite her duel nationality, through American eyes is entertaining reading. --Sydney Newspaper, The Mosmon Daily

It is an entertaining volume...when making fun of either customs or people, she does so with gentle humour and without malice, and often displays the endearing characteristic of being able to laugh at herself. --Leicestershire and Rutland Life

Enchanting accounts of living in Tuscany or the south of France have set such a high standard that this tale of an American moving from London to the countryside has stiff competition. American-born author Leslie Ann Bosher and her British-born husband buy a spacious apartment in a 17th century manor house and become acquainted with the rustic joys of winter weather, market days, country fashions and the village pub. It may not be the sun-drenched landscape of Provence or the ancient walled town of Montalcino but life in the English countryside seen, despite her duel nationality, through American eyes is entertaining reading. --Sydney Newspaper, The Mosmon Daily

Synopsis

Be prepared to laugh out loud at the foibles of humankind as Leslie Ann Bosher exchanges her treasured city life for unremitting open space in this wryly-written story of a naturalised Brit who reluctantly decides to make room in her closet for a pair of Wellington boots beside her stilettos. For Leslie Ann, an American-born London resident, a cozy pied-a-terre in Paris seems the perfect antidote to England's cadaver-grey winter days that is until her husband Bill announces he has other plans involving gaseous cows, horsy women with beefy thighs and a converted seventeenth-century manor house. Moving from city chic to country khaki, Leslie Ann soon ascertains that having a conversation with a barnyard horse can be just as satisfying as a soothing facial.Peeling off the veneer, she examines contemporary topics from Botox to the BBC, political correctness to The National Health, and fox hunting to fashion, supplying an engaging mix of characters and experiences along the way. Her observant description of life outside London is informed and infectiously entertaining.

Despite chuckles from friends and their collective bleat, 'You'll be back,' she has remained firmly planted in Rutland and has written an entertaining account of the complexities and beguiling oddities of life in England. More honest than "Bridget Jones' Diary", less ceremonious than the Prime Minister's speeches, her story reflects the fact that choices always have consequences even if you are to the manor drawn.

About this edition

• Publisher: Murdoch Books
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1921259892
• ISBN 13: 9781921259890
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248