A gloriously funny and charming debut novel about the joys and challenges of living abroad from one of the nation's best-loved actresses
Celia Imrie is an Olivier award-winning and Screen Actors
Guild-nominated actress. She is best known for her film roles in
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, The Second Best Exotic Marigold
Hotel, Calendar Girls and Nanny McPhee. On stage, she won Best
Actress in a Musical for Acorn Antiques: The Musical and was
nominated for Best Actress inNoises Off. Celia Imrie’s upcoming
films are A Cure for Wellness, Year by the Sea and Absolutely
Fabulous: The Movie, all due for release in 2016. Her
autobiography, The Happy Hoofer, was published in 2011.
www.celiaimrie.info @CeliaImrie
A hugely enjoyable romp of a novel with eccentric characters, a
delightful background and a savoury tang of crime
*Katie Fforde*
A warm, light-hearted, fast-paced tale that fans of Peter Mayle
will enjoy
*Joanne Harris*
A very witty novel by a very witty woman. Hugely entertaining
*Julian Fellowes*
Utterly delicious in every way
*Joanna Lumley*
A sunny, funny debut novel … a keenly observed, rollicking tale of
mature expats reinventing themselves on the French Riviera
*Mail on Sunday*
This debut from national treasure actress Celia perfectly captures
the colour of ex-pat life and the glitz and glamour of the South of
France. A shaft of early summer sunshine, a funny, spirited
read
*Daily Mail*
It’s lots of fun, with adventure at a certain age as its driving
force, and sun-kissed recipes as chapter breaks
*Sainsbury’s Magazine*
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