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Natalie is horrified to discover that the dream home is in Little Wyford, mere minutes away from Carl’s ex-wife Antonia. And to make matters worse, Antonia’s palatial country mansion has a fully-functioning roof (and a heated swimming pool!), unlike the ramshackle cottage Carl has bought for them…  Antonia is Little Wyford’s Queen Bee, mistress of the book club, organiser of the Christmas Fair and leader of the ladies-who-lunch. No matter how hard she tries, Natalie just doesn’t fit in, and when Antonia insists on referring to Carl as ‘Our Husband’, Natalie’s dreams of happily-ever-after take another nose dive.  Second-hand furniture has much to recommend it, especially when doing up a country cottage, second-hand clothes can be ever-so chic, but second-hand husbands are proving to be a very bad idea indeed… Can Natalie ever escape the label of Wife Number Two or is she destined to share her husband forever?  Hilariously funny, wickedly witty, but with a heart of gold and a warmth and wisdom that are all its own, A Second-Hand Husband is Claire Calman’s tour de force. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Katie Fforde.  Praise for Claire Calman:  'Don’t take this hilarious, touching and very clever novel to bed if you’ve got to rise very early the next day, because it is so engrossing, you’ll read until four in the morning. Claire Calman’s plot twists and turns with endless surprises...' Jilly Cooper  'I really, really enjoyed it – I devoured it over four nights. Such a lovely, funny read. Smart, witty and full of heart. The characters were so well defined – I felt I knew them intimately. And the cottage and the pond and village – all the locations in fact were so beautifully depicted, I was completely transported there! But also the dialogue was a joy and such great humour - I laughed out loud on many occasions' Ruth Jones  'A beautifully observed tale of new love and blending families, with a heroine I was rooting for from the very first page' Shari Low  'A beautiful book, so compassionate... and ultimately very hopeful. I enjoyed it hugely’ Marian Keyes  ‘A clever, bittersweet, uplifting novel’ Sophie Kinsella  'Writing with proper heart' Rachel Joyce  'The characterisation is brilliant, and the astute storytelling, punctuated by stiletto-sharp wit, produces an effervescent and spirit-lifting story' Sunday Mirror  'A poignant and beautifully articulated tale of love and loss, memory and forgetting, grief and guilt, new love and letting go. I was engrossed, often tearful, and finally, uplifted’ Isobel Wolff  ‘Simply wonderful. 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But when he finds his belongings dumped in bin bags on the drive, even he can see that his girlfriend is hinting he should move out. With no other options, he moves back in with his parents.  Backing onto their garden lives artist Cecilia, living in chaotic clutter and dreaming of her ex-lovers, still acting like a stroppy teenager at the age of 66.  Four lives are drawn together by long-buried secrets of the past, and it is time for them all to grow up... before it’s too late.  A passionate novel depicting various chapters of life and the ways we can navigate them. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Katie Fforde.  Readers are loving Growing Up for Beginners:  'The characterisation is brilliant, and the astute storytelling, punctuated by stiletto-sharp wit, produces an effervescent and spirit-lifting story'  Sunday Mirror   'A poignant and beautifully articulated tale of love and loss, memory and forgetting, grief and guilt, new love and letting go. I was engrossed, often tearful, and finally, uplifted’  Isobel Wolff  ‘Simply wonderful. I was totally enchanted, devoured it in a day, and have been raving about it ever since’ Fiona Walker  'A beautiful book, so compassionate... and ultimately very hopeful. I enjoyed it hugely’ Marian Keyes  ‘A clever, bittersweet, uplifting novel’ Sophie Kinsella  'Writing with proper heart' Rachel Joyce  'So wonderful to read a Claire Calman novel again, and this lived up to all her previous ones. She can write with wit but also with empathy and depth' ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Reader Review  'I absolutely loved this book from beginning to end. 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