A Second-Hand Husband

<h2>A laugh-out-loud feel-good story from bestselling author Claire Calman</h2> <p><strong>Natalie and Carl are newlyweds but the honeymoon period is over already.</strong></p> <p>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.<br> 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 wickedly witty but with a heart of gold and a warmth and wisdom that are all its own <em>ASecond-Hand Husband</em> is Claire Calman's tour de force. Perfect for fans of Sophie Kinsella and Katie Fforde.</strong></p> <p><strong>Praise for Claire Calman:</strong></p> <p>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 <strong>so engrossing you'll read until four in the morning</strong>. Claire Calman's plot twists and turns with endless surprises... <em>Jilly Cooper</em></p> <p>I really really enjoyed it ' I devoured it over four nights. Such a lovely funny read. <strong>Smart witty and full of heart</strong>. 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' <em>Ruth Jones</em></p> <p>A beautifully observed tale of new love and blending families with <strong>a heroine I was rooting for from the very first page</strong> <em>Shari Low</em></p> <p><strong>A beautiful book so compassionate</strong>... and ultimately very hopeful. I enjoyed it hugely' <em>Marian Keyes</em></p> <p><strong>A clever bittersweet uplifting novel</strong> <em>Sophie Kinsella</em></p> <p><strong>Writing with proper heart</strong> <em>Rachel Joyce</em></p> <p>The characterisation is brilliant and the astute storytelling punctuated by stiletto-sharp wit produces <strong>an effervescent and spirit-lifting story</strong> <em>Sunday Mirror</em></p> <p>A poignant and beautifully articulated tale of love and loss memory and forgetting grief and guilt new love and letting go. <strong>I was engrossed</strong> often tearful and finally uplifted' <em>Isobel Wolff</em></p> <p><strong>Simply wonderful</strong>. I was totally enchanted devoured it in a day and have been raving about it ever since' <em>Fiona Walker</em></p>