Stately Pursuits

Paperback

Condition: Good

Please note there is an inscription to the previous owner or their name or a label >>You're not doing very much at the moment darling. I don't suppose you'd care to house-sit for a while? It's a beautiful old house in a lovely part of the world..." Thus begins the endearing hilarious story of two fixer-uppers -- and old house and a young woman -- and their efforts to recapture their true luster. When Hetty Longden freshly dumped and broken-hearted agrees to look after her great-uncle's long-abandoned mansion in the countryside she is at something of a lifetime low. With no job no lover no prospects and no particular talent for resuscitating crukmbling estates she hopes for nothing more than a good old-fashioned escape. What she finds though is a cast of quirky and everpresent neighbors a couple of SNAGs (Sensitive New Age Guys) some very humorless bank officials two disarming little canines one gracious dilapidated romantic old house -- and just maybe enough elbow grease to polish everything up again. A British bestseller tha's as inviting as an elegant old house full of unexplored rooms (after a good scrubbing-down of course) Stately Pursuits is the funniest smartest and warmest read of the season.