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'Wonderfully entertaining . . . Maeve is on cracking form' - Jilly CooperLifelong friends Claudia, Ella, Laura and Sal celebrated sixty as the new forty, determined not to let age change things. But now they are looking at the future and wondering how to make growing old more fun.Why not live together and have sunny afternoons on the lawn, helping and supporting each other when any of them need it - and still keep enjoying life? Joined by Claudia's reluctant husband and Sal's energetic new fiancé, they ignore the protests of their children and pool their resources in a lovely manor house in the country. Only Laura holds out, determined she still has some living to do, especially now she has met the dashing Gavin through an online dating app.But life still has plenty of surprises in store plus a little romance in what the locals dub a New Age Old Age Commune. But are your best friends the last people you should end up living with?In A Country Garden is a heartwarming, hilarious tale of growing old not-so-gracefully, from the bestselling author of The Time of Their Lives, Maeve Haran.

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Four lifelong friends begin arrangements to move in together shortly after turning sixty, but complications follow that suggest the ill-advised nature of moving in with close friends. This account of growing old less than gracefully follows Maeve Haran's success with The Time Of Their Lives.

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'Make sure of a happier holiday by packing this lovely novel in your suitcase' Jilly Cooper on An Italian Holiday Lifelong friends Claudia, Ella, Laura and Sal celebrated sixty as the new forty, determined not to let age change things. But now they are looking at the future and wondering how to make growing old more fun. Why not live together - helping and supporting each other when any of them need it - and still keep enjoying life? Joined by Claudia's reluctant husband, Sal's energetic new fianc

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'Make sure of a happier holiday by packing this lovely novel in your suitcase' Jilly Cooper on An Italian Holiday Lifelong friends Claudia, Ella, Laura and Sal celebrated sixty as the new forty, determined not to let age change things. But now they are looking at the future and wondering how to make growing old more fun. Why not live together - helping and supporting each other when any of them need it - and still keep enjoying life? Joined by Claudia's reluctant husband, Sal's energetic new fianc

Author Biography

Maeve Haran is an Oxford law graduate, former television producer and mother of three grown-up children. Her first novel, Having It All, which explored the dilemmas of balancing career and motherhood, caused a sensation and took her all around the world. Maeve has written a number of further contemporary novels and two historical novels, plus a work of non-fiction celebrating life's small pleasures.Her books have been translated into twenty-six languages, and two have been shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year award. She lives in North London with her husband (a very tall Scotsman) and a scruffy Tibetan terrier. They also spend time at their much-loved cottage in Sussex.

Review

Wonderfully entertaining . . . Maeve is on cracking form. -- Jilly Cooper
Funny, touching and of the baby boomer movement. * Woman & Home *
In typically entertaining fashion, Haran follows the ups and downs of the four as the move to a country mansion takes shape against the odds. A fun, uplifting read * Sussex Life *
Maeve Haran's unflinching description of what happens when the hedonistic baby boomers finally grow up and are faced with the next stage of their lives will make you laugh, cry, and rejoice in equal measures. A true novel of our times! -- Nadia Marks, bestselling author of Among the Lemon Trees
Comic, poignant and thought-provoking -- Marian Keyes
Warm, clever and extremely funny. Among its many virtues are lovable characters * Daily Mail *
Wise, witty and spirited, this novel shows you're never too old to follow your dreams * Sunday Express *
She's talking about my generation, the baby boomers who assumed we were far too cool to get old * Saga Magazine *

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A novel about friendship and making the most of life from the bestselling author of Having It All, The Time of Their Lives and An Italian Holiday.

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Wise, witty and spirited, this novel shows you're never too old to follow your dreams

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A novel about friendship and making the most of life from the bestselling author of Having It All, The Time of Their Lives and An Italian Holiday.

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