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Author: Cathy Lamb

Genre: Women's Reads
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780749008680
Pages: 480
Rights: UK & Comm excl Canada
Pub. Date: 13th September 2010

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Price: £7.99

Format: Paperback

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From the moment Julia Bennett leaves her abusive Boston fiance at the altar and her ugly wedding dress hanging from a tree, she knows she's driving away from the old Julia, but what she's driving toward is as messy and undefined as her own wounded soul. The old Julia dug her way out of a tortured, trailer park childhood with a monster of a mother. The new Julia will be found at her Aunt Lydia's rambling, hundred-year-old farmhouse outside Golden, Oregon. There, among uppity chickens and toilet bowl planters, Julia is welcomed by an eccentric, warm, and often wise clan of women, including a psychic, a minister's unhappy wife, an abused mother of four, and Aunt Lydia herself - a woman who is as fierce and independent as they come.

Meeting once a week for drinks and the baring of souls, it becomes clear that every woman holds secrets that keep her from happiness. But what will it take for them to brave becoming their true selves?

'A tale of an eccentric, warm and often wise, clan of American women baring their souls'The Bookseller

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I cannot recommend this book and this author highly enough. Rarely have I come across a book which so engrossed me that I found it hard to look up from until I had finished it. It leads you through the full gamut of emotions and introduces you to some of the most wonderful characters you are ever likely to meet. Never schmaltzy but often sad, never silly but often hillarous, never corny but often sentimental, this is a book to treasure, reread and, if you can bear to part with it, a book to share with your friends. A joy and a delight from start to finish.Penny Bullock, Lancaster

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