A Second-Hand Husband

<h2><strong>'Such a lovely funny read. Smart witty and full of heart.' Ruth Jones</strong></h2><p><strong style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Natalie and Carl are newlyweds but the honeymoon period is over already.</strong></p><p><br></p><p><span style=color: rgba(36 33 30 1)>Carl has just announced he has bought their first home at auction without telling Natalie where it is never mind showing her a picture of it.</span></p><p>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...</p><p>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.</p><p>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?</p><p><strong>Hilariously funny</strong> <strong>wickedly witty</strong> but with a heart of gold and a <strong>warmth and wisdom</strong> that are all its own A<em> Second-Hand Husband</em> is Claire Calman's tour de force. </p>