Thirty five year old Fran Holdaway has an enviable life: second husband Paul is gorgeous and faithful, a job in advertising in London, and a wonderful country home in Leicestershirehas restored with her own hands. Now that she has feathered her nest, it's time to make babies, she thinks. Allie is her oldest and best friend. She is a metropolitan to her core, living in Bloomsbury, working at the same agency as Fran in Covent Garden, faithful to no man, but voracious lover of many. Sam is Fran's fresh-faced country friend - the estate agent who sold her the retreat to her Rural Bliss. But Sam has a dark secret. She has been the clandestine mistress of a married man for seven years. Surely it's time to move on? All three women's lives are turned upside-down in this delicious new comedy romance.
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"Praise for TUSCAN SOUP: 'A Tuscan Comedy of Manners and Errors, beautifully observed and painfully funny.' - Meera Syal 'Treat yourself. Buy this book and savour the delicious ingredients in Tuscan Soup.' - Sue Townsend 'A cure for the blues. Lou Wakefield knows how to make us happy.' - Dr Dorothy Rowe 'I loved the novel: I saw myself in it and all of Tuscany. It's tightly written, it's very funny and once started, couldn't be put down.' - Miriam Margoyles 'All the right ingredients; given a good stir; delicious outcome!' - Jenni Murray
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Born and brought up in Leicester, Lou Wakefield is a writer, director and actor. Highlights of her eclectic career include being in the original cast of TOP GIRLS at the Royal Court and the Public Theatre in New York; playing Janet in the ROCKY HORROR SHOW at the King's Road Theatre in 1975, and Jackie Woodstock in THE ARCHERS. TV appearances include INSIDE OUT, MORSE, THE BILL and CASUALTY. Amongst her many television productions, she has directed CORONATION STREET and BROOKSIDE. She wrote the award winning FIRM FRIENDS for ITV, and co-writes the highly successful Ladies of Letters for BBC Radio 4, which stars Prunella Scales and Patricia Routledge.
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