{"product_id":"9781408888537","title":"Wives Like Us : The perfect holiday read","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Sykes, Plum \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eModern \u0026amp; contemporary fiction (post c 1945)\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 5 June 2025 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 368 pages\u003cbr\u003e129 x 197 x 26 | 260g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque' Sunday Times StyleReaders love Wives Like Us...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'I devoured this in one day' *****'Gloriously good fun' *****'Absolutely delightful' *****No one knows better than Ian Palmer – Executive Butler – that social position is everything in the rose-strewn Cotswolds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when his boss, Tata Hawkins, flounces out of her (new-build) manor house after a row with husband Bryan, Ian is alarmed: for one thing, if Tata is on the social slide downwards, that means he is too; for another, he’s lost his home and has nowhere to store his prized collection of vintage Gucci loafers; even worse, a vacuum among the Country Princess set has opened up for a new Queen Bee.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the old-money Pennybacker-Hoare sisters plotting to rid ‘their’ county of Tata and her ilk, a bikini influencer on the prowl for a husband just like Mr. Hawkins, a glamorous American divorcee threatening to steal Tata's crown, and the heiress-next-door threatening to steal Ian, the Cotswolds are in chaos.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Ian restore Tata’s country crown and reinstate her to the comforts of the Manor?‘A forensically well-observed narrative . . . a shiny satirette of country living where everyone is unmuddied but filthy rich.’ The Times‘It may finally be time for Jilly [Cooper] to make way for a new chronicler of Cotswolds life.' Daily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bookshop Mold","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55158494232952,"sku":"9781408888537","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0277\/7802\/3522\/files\/9781408888537_fdea5f2e-f9c9-4116-a6aa-52d0a1becad3.jpg?v=1773925722","url":"https:\/\/www.mold-bookshop.co.uk\/products\/9781408888537","provider":"The Bookshop. Mold.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}