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Green Grass
Green Grass
Green Grass
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Green Grass

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No matter where you land up, the grass is always greener somewhere else...

'Touching, honest and often very funny ... Art camouflaged by lightness of touch and a seemingly effortless eye for dialogue' Tatler

'I love Raffaella Barker's books - so funny and acerbic' Maggie O'Farrell

Laura Sale has grown tired of her life.

Her daily routine of dividing her time between pandering to the demands of her challenging conceptual artist husband, Inigo, and those of their thirteen-year-old twins Dolly and Fred, has taken its toll. She longs to remember what makes her happy. A chance encounter with Guy, her first love, is the catalyst she needs, and she swaps North London for the rural idyll she grew up in.

In her new Norfolk home Laura finds herself confronting old ghosts, ferrets, an ungracious goat and a collapsing relationship. As she starts to savour the space she has craved, and takes control of her destiny, Laura finds it lit with possibility.
LanguageEnglish
Release dateJan 9, 2014
ISBN9781408850688
Green Grass
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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

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  • Rating: 4 out of 5 stars
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    This is chick lit but has some lovely touches of humour and does manage to draw you in to life of the main character, Laura, and her family. In a long term relationship with a successful artist, and with twins approaching adolescence, Laura start to question her lifestyle and what she desires for her future. The title certainly encapsulates the main storyline ... is the grass greener?Engaging, if a bit implausible in places, and certainly enjoyable for me.

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