Plum Sykes

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Wives Like Us (eBook, PDF)

'Brilliantly satirical' Daily Mail

Beschreibung

'Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque' Sunday Times Style * Take a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcée, three rich wives, two tycoons, and one (bereaved) butler; put them all into the blender and out comes the impossibly funny Wives Like Us. Welcome to the rose-strewn county of Oxfordshire and the Cotswold villages of Little Bottom, Middle Bottom, Great Bottom, and Monkton Bottom, recently annexed by a glittering new breed of female: the Country Princess. 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. But things don't go to plan: Bryan disappears to Venice with a bikini designer; Selby Fairfax, the glamorous American divorcée who has inherited the beautiful estate next door, refuses Tata's neighborly overtures; and Tata's very best friends, Fernanda Ovington-Williams and Sophie Thompson, are distracted by their own heartaches. Worst of all, Ian has nowhere to store his collection of vintage Gucci loafers. With the help of a pig farmeress moonlighting as a personal assistant, a male model moonlighting as a stable hand, and a London barrister moonlighting as a gentleman farmer, can Ian restore harmony to the Bottoms? 'So wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious. Plum Sykes is in a class of her own when it comes to peeling back the layers of status paranoia amongst the poshest of the posh as she delivers a delectable tale that you never want to end.' Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians 'The brilliantly satirical new novel that's got the Cotswolds smart set buzzing with speculation...it may finally be time for Jilly [Cooper] to make way for a new chronicler of Cotswolds life' Daily Mail 'A fabulous and funny bucolic romp - Plum Sykes does it again.' Hannah Rothschild, author of The Improbability of Love '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, author of Pineapple Street 'Delightful' Vogue '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 'A stiletto-sharp look at the glamorous end of the Cotswolds. I loved it!' Katie Fforde 'Wickedly funny' Citizen Femme 'A comedy of manners with an emphasis on the comedy' Town & Country * Readers are loving Wives Like Us: 'I devoured this in one day' ***** 'Gloriously good fun' ***** 'Absolutely delightful' ***** 'A perfect summer read' *****

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Autor

Plum Sykes was born in London and educated at Oxford. She is the author of the novels Bergdorf Blondes, The Debutante Divorcée, and Party Girls Die in Pearls. She is a contributing editor at World of Interiors and American Vogue. She lives in the English countryside with her daughters.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks UK
• Seitenzahl: 368
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526676528
• Artikelnr.: 70529029

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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