{"product_id":"wives-like-us-plum-sykes-hardcover","title":"Wives Like Us -- Plum Sykes, Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Wives Like Us\u003c\/em\u003e made me laugh so hard I actually knocked over my lamp. Can a book be so wickedly smart, so effortless, so chic and hilarious that you would stumble through the night to find a new lightbulb just so you can keep reading way past your bedtime? In a word, yes.\" --Kevin Kwan\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTake a grand English country house, one (heartbroken) American divorcee, three rich wives, two tycoons, a pair of miniature sausage dogs and one (bereaved) butler; put them all into the blender and out comes the impossibly funny \u003cem\u003eWives Like Us\u003c\/em\u003e, the new novel from the best-selling author of \u003cem\u003eBergdorf Blondes\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eParty Girls Die In Pearls\u003c\/em\u003e, Plum Sykes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you think the English countryside is all green wellies, muddy Land Rovers and grey-haired ladies in tweed, then you've never visited 'The Bottoms.'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWelcome to the rose-strewn county of Oxfordshire, and the tony Cotswold villages of Little Bottom, Middle Bottom, Great Bottom, and Monkton Bottom, recently annexed by a glittering new breed of female: the Country Princess. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing a ghastly row about a missing suite of diamonds, Tata Hawkins has flounced out of Monkton Bottom Manor with her daughter, Minty, and Executive Butler Ian Palmer in tow, decamping to The Old Coach House to teach her husband Bryan a lesson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut things don't go to plan: Bryan disappears to Venice with a bikini designer; Selby Fairfax, the glamorous American divorc馥 who has inherited the beautiful estate next door, is refusing Tata's overtures at friendship; Tata's best friends, Sophie Thompson and Fernanda Ovington-Williams, are distracted by their own heartache, and the posh Pennybacker-Hoare sisters are plotting to prevent Tata regaining her crown as Queen of the Bottoms. Worst of all, Ian has nowhere to store his collection of vintage Gucci loafers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWill Tata ever return to the comforts of the Manor? Will Selby find her Prince Charming? Will the Pennybacker-Hoares prevail? With the help of a pig farmer-ess moonlighting as a Personal Assistant, a male model moonlighting as a stable hand and a London barrister moonlighting as a gentleman farmer, can Ian restore harmony to The Bottoms?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Plum Sykes\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.23lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780062429087\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal Prepub Alert\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2023 pg. 11\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024 pg. 92","brand":"Sykes, Plum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45600857063652,"sku":"9780062429087","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0611\/9587\/8628\/files\/9780062429087.jpg?v=1778321852","url":"https:\/\/bookandmortar.com\/products\/wives-like-us-plum-sykes-hardcover","provider":"BookandMortar","version":"1.0","type":"link"}