Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Summertime
Summertime
Summertime
Ebook296 pages5 hours

Summertime

Rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars

3.5/5

()

Read preview

About this ebook

A sparkling comedy of rural life, high and low

'Very, very funny' Independent

'I loved it. I couldn't put it down ... Raffaella Barker is so good at drawing her characters and making them likeable that within about ten pages you know them intimately and a few pages later you are almost as concerned about them as you are your real friends ... Very, very well done' Daily Express

After one year of being 'buffered from single-motherhood' by her boyfriend, David, Venetia Summers suddenly finds her life unravelling as he is sent to the Brazilian jungle and she is left alone in Norfolk.

As chaos reigns in her home and her three children run wilder than ever she finds her life further complicated by a bad-mouthed green parrot, a burgeoning fashion career designing demented cardigans and her brother's outrageous wedding.

As emails languish unanswered, phone lines cut out and long-distance relationships prove both vexing and bewildering, life and love take some very unexpected turns.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateDec 25, 2013
ISBN9781408850640
Summertime
Author

Raffaella Barker

Raffaella Barker, daughter of the poet George Barker, was born and brought up in the Norfolk countryside. She is the author of seven acclaimed novels: Come and Tell Me Some Lies, The Hook, Hens Dancing, Summertime, Green Grass, A Perfect Life and Poppyland. She has also written a novel for young adults, Phosphorescence. She is a regular contributor to the Sunday Times and the Sunday Telegraph, and teaches on the Literature and Creative Writing BA at the University of East Anglia and the Guardian UEA Novel Writing Masterclass. Raffaella Barker lives by the sea in north Norfolk. www.raffaellabarker.co.uk @raffaellabarker

Read more from Raffaella Barker

Related to Summertime

Related ebooks

General Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Summertime

Rating: 3.4999998906250003 out of 5 stars
3.5/5

32 ratings1 review

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

  • Rating: 3 out of 5 stars
    3/5
    Cute, quick read - chick lit.

Book preview

Summertime - Raffaella Barker

dbook_preview_excerpt.html}|۲Fݯ`=a; ݭVwۺY<"Y"pli/K,񉘣$TeeL|q_~1c_~/8~]K__~W~_Oe}K3U_{uO14>W%LC6-U)/S 2&08Urb,0R\G>A? nhÝ*%ŎL!qLsofn }5c=,gmPM η-Rq!#<qS%U<8R,Q,S $JKӰ?. 2sIa/0! mLogq>~+n}W|mxzg>:Gl{*<4WS)qy-@ˊ1 &ȳvRh2yh+ДO+RM/JVf`q/Ŝ9@/el,ֱGESra쨍=]K6 r`@J3/М[AR[%5|~ uYsCo\G-Xڰr:AziM5,#y'yGu7? 3O/4)1&GS1Bq&P{8?@47:11Nv PCD`$M BψlQ&2\tZuZƳ99>5>CO?C%<~jOgF-|1m-xP[O7B?4AHTzX6&o1 ;H tG*սcw?α'?؇N&zg=YC˴.: ~< c9 <[.?TgĔ ! uuH1-d*NMY ՞&H2l5^O*]2OVzan t xy~1ÈH> |xe{ɃxV!Wc>[/!v>J9vv=s|A#Ui1(,Z'Z[]HCng78?Z_qV!9ɖ Jx`LR ڿ z#r8.Dՙ׏s P;WmcB.)P!;52ӛk/iP ?P0?ձZ3XÍ),8g3/r.0+@[twǂ"\J[1#,d.A T_`yGTc\b<7!ک! Nv  Gi4-2r҆/1&ӡIaHX x~;o.IÏi=o"^IB }oJocJ;O[荅=׌zb"m6.#!ܺ?@;.FG=<4J[5etˤϑ79q-2 +(SGxfd0wudQ=b?88S "27 $t\K0{ JAG)tmunfSfT*a t,]\3 gu7-Vs[?|zb,|3%:$8׎xKlo;kvQ)?)KHjAW<=N+8fPDC;8NlK` (3Jɲ@){0'ǗTǒH'{3(%GF3pq'F %_KӔi[O@- N1;#hGMIP`e@CX C5: t|=Jrz{2cP@=SAw9bFazxCLTC !ےja-꯻E]׋"ZU#Edoȝ7 Y ĢJ =$Q O}~8ɓ́Bic':uϟ99ʂH4d&HyS47Ɉ6eV8(ӯ J K).%2DEH7qZ53/'3rZ#a xAy8[Nh`w1G8$Bc,9,wAr7E{P ɣ|eq5zji@N΢zrȟp6Jއ`ञ#i$& aOK7ި38Lcp:RdOlj5<"6:0Pmo;x] d˨,UExAWn; Ύu5ݗw,CFߺ!D=AhKa5IZ[``ěPdy !Uh+ɡ5?UEee [g#T z)f?.S~ jpBH ?8~%sNod~vEVFOH+ 1C8#|/H:2޾r n7ȋYC$U9\~9D%¼cF+$a 8Xi U TƖ9Qpfg17d Yf]꒙R-7_p;B؊PGUͪeۮ5׭Y"Cvn4耼u#X bI5@\JrX̰_R{JNfZc?B۠U'\6 (zl3l=7ELs3_X+gp_35 =+F<""1r;C)w%]j@!R协؄Öݐ9A8c'DhOCTZJ[8vԊR=+J%b'/|†4iaO+:6u;\N 'd,0Μ;Ӻ[ [/NOx&,ySa sC58v(FIBF殐KNNui)\}.SԲpQd%a@Q.X2*)~3`BەYf2LxF'r{tgN̪9y3Z\\~aMt#x1[tB]Rv8ţ"7Rӹ\5˸ wO: [lGAO/{$c=eeϛ,_h繚RRSR+,Yh./kS9Oݸч~b tλ7 nIyQ?CMK%,uZ l@kd=/C⊕),yV:0J"JS#cb∐;j:6_J6F7Kx0 9fA=tL;a16An^^cSE&`H) C K<TS'K[hi[iߤd# '|Tu'{voq 7=& ^p;YGFwy?,p yȱ+\P`툽` lh\8Aq*^knV:Ū<6% ɯ{xh-)w NMj#@M }TP:e=P `S9_!jӊ}[gzPRXk^Mf:^ƙw7k֯sgܤ6 ^| 9-cpQ7,jOn%̲CeNil-ɹ$< u hlȱP~POn.(;ã׀g)<ؚ?ZnU}uYTgUB` j RBI Sn^ k޷l.kS}]M;e?B/ IXש. 60:dr3oTS܋j$Y 7}KCT3Գ$&6<'2ۗ7F`'^w/?QvJ:o_;ƐKkHmѐS‰2oAca`%VgQ:𔀅F=iЁn,U}&=xJZ)˅taXC7[l+X-s"v[2 ![dnu#q >R~V& 3[(7^4J?͏\l:A!C0[E ~y`7'& G+ ̃.X˝YW]F|R[^z8^Yz3]a4v.:}2~pPR*pCf D͵B9S#4X! t4AE8b36[s<`a4rt鐢 4}[`qdzPO8X Ae,1*sDU{lPFBMkُdy N,>&YYsR=hM൮Rgo¥@ Fr"<Fuhf$2VW!wÃ?-Z5j_XmLbH-|'jqHSn_G>:дɊQESTIf=~T 0:ߵpXFgmIB=+B9!K5S1T`ePk$yCSh4jgmj.җ5~V~g'4}-t5w,hՅNK/ڙD q43@Д^¦[7_U^SuYBb^s?sLOa,6೗2aۃ55yA`g-g4Z]#'Mtd22@YtF3h#w3Y];$k{η!hqHy:ބWImZO>~WpGZ# Qs%Ӌ3l Қi'+1 G)` :K_}g2- ˘psx|`F:NCP,X̍.b7UKȤSP{ -Y {& )˙Ljʴs5)C| PJyg:mЯLCHQ?E"۬k6h %2pvUDg0ʥ~0dl_Ö| N6Y@s:DE;SYx>9uhӸr|nmQ}gktΙHbl)AGud(Km]R$j I{z܏m]3ᕸ=YŞ9S޽%`Atş1Xf@`5kwoS67' Lb5A*lNIx K;yi|RAR[z^ʜ5~.1eyYW'%no%9u|V ij p]k ! [^E8-8֚lگPVL1} x/#@gpvǞ8ʚ-%GOR8NGOdC5Z>uLs. tR wz$یj]i%Rߋ6y~UL]Y'ɪ^9]vs#$k(/ 'vns.T2_np[,f  ӏXsXa}_+bKzIelUo3W$qX1ҡ ƼOjz\ WL63{kF^r2qa}( _1e/X\ wˡ;anxpϢF&oY*ϋ7-#Q}@;y;`Ud1|Qr_+ D;])E%fFte=BxtRj5>v]ٍL -OjXs)Q_<*l}Cn/*m>F&AM=9LJ.O)I}E9\ՆR({^3EQL|2Ҵ~dN.z };7k+UƣI3\NB idҳ7 >~ xbD;xlE5$ϟ!V^ujV] QF-MiMS3wG뭔7z{f\ ެo$ O-Y+T7h+ރ ҝ4[] +n$2ͮYbkPLߨ|'ѧTO.qykhG|y`q?&+"%K$ 7@qǔd{tw7Ȗ\ȷ?8S;fM34iء= 8+×^-־խnmy~5xvg<>VjZكM {?o?~W?U߽Ey_>lUzXN|Κo.3r.,AtwD^'}$(3ݨy7JV10<> `ߏM\bM?&gm4Kam?+׾]Bb ETGM,(ec{$Q^gJ&7X;90YX]+,^_[oNu+ҩlb'@. e4h@Ä:^zdSiNDa9{]SHxhƈ]pPNc tW+\'lvCPFeVlˆ//?<ZO'gY֗^| 7֟td u/^-StdSwn {˂I #vuk藭5y6' EؐiCCۆlŚiՌN *YaN,н@ -^jv!D}p.Wm%o@P5,ъ/L^J@HҞ~Ϊ9~ҘA`+,/UVh՘u!X+F1Jo˻>yT z}G ?h'XeLQTY
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1