Plum Sykes

Broschiertes Buch

Wives Like Us

Beschreibung

One grand English country house, one American divorcee, three rich wives, two business tycoons, a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one butler... what could possibly go wrong? If you think the English countryside is all green wellies, muddy Land Rovers, and grey-haired ladies in tweed, then you've never visited The Bottoms. These tiny, rose-strewn Cotswold villages (Little Bottom, Middle Bottom, Great Bottom and Monkton Bottom) are home to a glittering new country crowd. Following a ghastly row about a missing suite of diamonds, Tata Hawkins has flounced out of Monkton Bottom Manor with her daughter, Minty, and Executive Butler, Ian Palmer, in tow, decamping to The Old Coach House to teach her husband, Bryan, a lesson. Ian knows the only way to restore order to his - and Tata's - life is to get his employers back together. But nothing goes to plan. Bryan disappears with a bikini designer; Selby Fairfax, the glamorous American divorcée who has inherited the beautiful estate next door - Great Bottom Park - is refusing Tata's overtures at friendship; Tata's best friends are distracted by their own problems; and worst of all, Ian simply cannot find the space at The Old Coach House for his collection of vintage Gucci loafers. Tata just wants her husband to see the error of his ways so she can go back home. Selby just wants to believe in love again. And Ian? Ian wants his walk-in wardrobe back. With the help of a pig farmer, a stable hand, a barrister and a bikini influencer (and many more besides) can Ian restore harmony to The Bottoms? Praise for Plum Sykes' previous novels: 'Deliciously moreish' Daily Mail 'Thoroughly fabulous' Vogue 'A total hoot' The Sunday Times 'Sykes has a distinctive, wily and well-deployed comic voice' New York Times 'Savagely funny' Observer 'Glam and lively' Heat 'You'll have a blast' Red

Autor

PLUM SYKES was born in London and educated at Oxford. The author of the novels Bergdorf Blondes, The Debutante Divorcée, and Party Girls Die in Pearls, and the Kindle Single memoir Oxford Girl, she is a contributing editor at American Vogue, where she writes about fashion, society, and Hollywood. She has also written for Vanity Fair. She lives in the English countryside with her family.

Produktdetails

• An Oxford Girl Mystery Nr.2
• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing (UK)
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 352722
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 154mm x 31mm
• Gewicht: 456g
• ISBN-13: 9781408888568
• ISBN-10: 1408888564
• Artikelnr.: 67361423

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"A forensically well-observed narrative. . . . Will it do for the Cotswolds what F. Scott Fitzgerald did for the Hamptons. . . . A shiny satirette of country living where everyone is unmuddied but filthy rich." - The Times (London)

"Floats like cherry blossom onto a chalk stream. . . . Sykes has chosen a rich (as in minted) target, and she is well-equipped to take aim. . . . When it comes to the lifestyles of the UHNWs (ultra-high-net-worths) of Poshtershire, she knows. And she certainly can write. . . . Some novels make one's mouth water because descriptions of food saturate their pages like butter-soaked muslin. Here it's clothes. Designer clothes. . . . It's cleverly structured, very well-written and

has a delicious, knowing ending." - The Spectator (UK)

"WIVES LIKE US may be set in the most gorgeous English manor house, but I'd happily sleep in the shed if it meant I could tag along with these marvelous characters-Tata, Minty, and their chic and crafty butler." - Jenny Jackson, New York Times bestselling author of Pineapple Street

"Sykes delivers another wickedly funny look at the upper crust when wealthy American divorcees invade the British countryside and a stately home worthy of Downton Abbey." - Parade, "Best New Book Releases"

"Sweetly eviscerates the foibles of England's wealthy and fashionable Cotswolds set.... Sykes...has a Nancy-Mitfordesque ability to skewer a scene like an outsider while still providing the detail that only an insider, or at least near insider, could offer." - Amanda Taub, The New York Times

"Sykes gives Kevin Kwan a run for his money in this saga of obscene wealth, designer outfits, miniature dog breeds, and over-the-top landscaping set in Oxfordshire, a rural area of vast estates now mostly in the hands of the nouveau riche. . . . Crazy Rich Brits may not have the amazing cuisine of their Asian counterparts, but they are just as scheming, fabulous, and fun to read about. . . . You'll dive in and never look back." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

"The Real Housewives meets Downton Abbey in this modern-day comedy of manners. . . . Full of sly commentary. . . . an escapist, dishy read." - Booklist

"The satire of the summer." - Air Mail

"Sykes's (Bergdorf Blondes) new novel moves from New York to the English countryside but maintains her humorous focus on the elite lives of rich (though not always happy) women. . . . Light and fun with just a hint of gentle satire, this novel will delight Sykes's fans." - Library Journal

"A stiletto-sharp look at the glamorous end of the Cotswolds. I loved it!" - Katie Fforde

"A fabulous and funny bucolic romp-Plum Sykes does it again." - Hannah Rothschild, author of The Improbability of Love

"I absolutely adored Wives Like Us, I thought it was so fun and funny, a romp and a riot-and a glorious dollop of much needed escapism." - Daisy Buchanan

"The latest from the beloved Bergdorf Blondes author is a comedy of manners with an emphasis on the comedy. . . . In Sykes's skilled and observant hands, however, madcap fare is always more than just a good time, it's a nuanced look inside a specific world, where even the most humorous happenings can tell us something meaningful about the decidedly less glamorous lives we mere readers live." - Town and Country, "The 45 Must-Read Books of Spring"

"A rollicking murder mystery. . . . a wildly entertaining romp. . . . Laugh? I died." - Vogue on Party Girls Die in Pearls

"As fizzy and moreish (Britspeak for 'delectable') as a glass of pink champagne, this murder mystery by a fashionista turned fiction writer uncorks a detective series set at England's august Oxford College. . . . But this novel is more than a chick-lit whodunit. In the telling, Sykes, an Oxford alum herself, lays bare the institution's arcane norms and reconstructs the scene of a crime against humanity: the over-the-top decadence of the Material Girl era." - O, the Oprah Magazine on Party Girls Die in Pearls

"Take one posh university, mix in a queen bee, throw in a murder, and you've got a mystery that makes Heathers look almost snoozy." - Cosmopolitan on Party Girls Die in Pearls

"Into the blender go Anita Loos, Bridget Jones, Sex and the City, and Clueless; out comes a diabolically amusing concoction." - New York Times on Bergdorf Blondes

"Perfectly pitched-playful, funny, satirical and sweet. I laughed out loud many times." - Anna Wintour on Bergdorf Blondes

Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque