{"product_id":"wives-like-us-the-perfect-holiday-read","title":"Wives Like Us: The perfect holiday read","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Outrageously Jilly Cooperesque' \u003ci\u003eSunday Times Style\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders love \u003ci\u003eWives Like Us...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'I devoured this in one day' *****\u003cbr\u003e'Gloriously good fun' *****\u003cbr\u003e'Absolutely delightful' *****\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo one knows better than Ian Palmer - Executive Butler - that social position is everything in the rose-strewn Cotswolds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo when his boss, Tata Hawkins, flounces out of her (new-build) manor house after a row with husband Bryan, Ian is alarmed: for one thing, if Tata is on the social slide downwards, that means he is too; for another, he's lost his home and has nowhere to store his prized collection of vintage Gucci loafers; even worse, a vacuum among the Country Princess set has opened up for a new Queen Bee.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the old-money Pennybacker-Hoare sisters plotting to rid 'their' county of Tata and her ilk, a bikini influencer on the prowl for a husband just like Mr. Hawkins, a glamorous American divorcee threatening to steal Tata's crown, and the heiress-next-door threatening to steal Ian, the Cotswolds are in chaos.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan Ian restore Tata's country crown and reinstate her to the comforts of the Manor?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A forensically well-observed narrative . . . a shiny satirette of country living where everyone is unmuddied but filthy rich.' \u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It may finally be time for Jilly [Cooper] to make way for a new chronicler of Cotswolds life.' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 368 pages | Published June 2025\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63833444811101,"sku":"9781408888537","price":12.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0978\/3459\/8749\/files\/9781408888537.jpg?v=1773406476","url":"https:\/\/www.thebookmark.ie\/products\/wives-like-us-the-perfect-holiday-read","provider":"The Bookmark ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}