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Summer Holiday
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Summer Holiday
Penny Smith
A riotously funny novel from Penny Smith.Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She’s toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. And toying with getting a job or possibly a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23-year-old Lucy. Pompous, is what Miranda calls her. (Sane, is how Lucy sees it.)Her friends are trying to set her up with a collection of bankers and company directors… Similar types to her ex-husband, Nigel (Nigel – just saying his name makes her wince) and every new date ends in disaster. So, one summer's day, Miranda decides to go and help clean out a local canal. She falls for Alex, a dreadlocked eco-warrior. But Lucy does not approve, and sets about sabotaging the relationship. She succeeds…Miranda, heartbroken, goes on holiday to Spain. But there, things only go from bad to worse – she falls in with a bad crowd, and is soon way out of her depth. What is it they know about Alex and his family? How is the wealthy recluse, and island owner, David Miller involved in their dodgy business activities?Aboard a glamorous yacht, hosting an award ceremony with former breakfast TV star Katie Fisher, Miranda might be in more trouble than she ever could have imagined. Will Alex get there in time to save her?
Summer Holiday
Penny Smith
To Rob, Hilary, the man from the Danish biscuit commercial and the wife of my dentist.
Contents
Chapter One
When Miranda Frayn was little, she’d wanted to be a…
Chapter Two
On Saturday, having told nobody about her new career as…
Chapter Three
It felt very politically incorrect to get into a Jaguar…
Chapter Four
While he was at his minor public school, Nigel had…
Chapter Five
The theatre was rammed with people drinking bottles of beer…
Chapter Six
The newspapers were full of the freak heatwave that the…
Chapter Seven
It was the weekend, and Miranda decided it was time…
Chapter Eight
The text said eight o’clock for dinner, Somewhere small –…
Chapter Nine
There were days when Miranda felt that nowhere could be…
Chapter Ten
It was as though Walt Disney had decided to turn…
Chapter Eleven
Driving to his house in the country, Alex had one…
Chapter Twelve
The Mediterranean Sea is almost completely enclosed by land and…
Chapter Thirteen
The days unfurled in glorious azure and yellow, with Becky…
Chapter Fourteen
The yacht La Maritana was twinkling like the Orion constellation…
Chapter Fifteen
‘And then, as if my week ’adn’t been bad enough,…
Chapter Sixteen
The atmosphere on board La Maritana was at mercury-bursting-out-of-the-thermometer point.
Chapter Seventeen
For many of those holidaying on the Costa del Sol,…
Chapter Eighteen
Some pieces of music are unhelpful when you’re in a…
Chapter Nineteen
Swimming-pool attire differs depending on what country you’re in. Katie…
Chapter Twenty
Normally on a drizzly Sunday evening, Lucy would have been…
Chapter Twenty-One
There are a number of sights guaranteed to strike fear…
Chapter Twenty-Two
Heat in another country is subtly different. The temperature can…
Penny Smith
A riotously funny novel from Penny Smith.Miranda Blake is divorced. At 45, things are starting to head south. She’s toying with the idea of Botox. Toying with the idea of facial surgery. And toying with getting a job or possibly a toy boy. The only block to all those things is her stiff, uppity daughter, 23-year-old Lucy. Pompous, is what Miranda calls her. (Sane, is how Lucy sees it.)Her friends are trying to set her up with a collection of bankers and company directors… Similar types to her ex-husband, Nigel (Nigel – just saying his name makes her wince) and every new date ends in disaster. So, one summer's day, Miranda decides to go and help clean out a local canal. She falls for Alex, a dreadlocked eco-warrior. But Lucy does not approve, and sets about sabotaging the relationship. She succeeds…Miranda, heartbroken, goes on holiday to Spain. But there, things only go from bad to worse – she falls in with a bad crowd, and is soon way out of her depth. What is it they know about Alex and his family? How is the wealthy recluse, and island owner, David Miller involved in their dodgy business activities?Aboard a glamorous yacht, hosting an award ceremony with former breakfast TV star Katie Fisher, Miranda might be in more trouble than she ever could have imagined. Will Alex get there in time to save her?
Summer Holiday
Penny Smith
To Rob, Hilary, the man from the Danish biscuit commercial and the wife of my dentist.
Contents
Chapter One
When Miranda Frayn was little, she’d wanted to be a…
Chapter Two
On Saturday, having told nobody about her new career as…
Chapter Three
It felt very politically incorrect to get into a Jaguar…
Chapter Four
While he was at his minor public school, Nigel had…
Chapter Five
The theatre was rammed with people drinking bottles of beer…
Chapter Six
The newspapers were full of the freak heatwave that the…
Chapter Seven
It was the weekend, and Miranda decided it was time…
Chapter Eight
The text said eight o’clock for dinner, Somewhere small –…
Chapter Nine
There were days when Miranda felt that nowhere could be…
Chapter Ten
It was as though Walt Disney had decided to turn…
Chapter Eleven
Driving to his house in the country, Alex had one…
Chapter Twelve
The Mediterranean Sea is almost completely enclosed by land and…
Chapter Thirteen
The days unfurled in glorious azure and yellow, with Becky…
Chapter Fourteen
The yacht La Maritana was twinkling like the Orion constellation…
Chapter Fifteen
‘And then, as if my week ’adn’t been bad enough,…
Chapter Sixteen
The atmosphere on board La Maritana was at mercury-bursting-out-of-the-thermometer point.
Chapter Seventeen
For many of those holidaying on the Costa del Sol,…
Chapter Eighteen
Some pieces of music are unhelpful when you’re in a…
Chapter Nineteen
Swimming-pool attire differs depending on what country you’re in. Katie…
Chapter Twenty
Normally on a drizzly Sunday evening, Lucy would have been…
Chapter Twenty-One
There are a number of sights guaranteed to strike fear…
Chapter Twenty-Two
Heat in another country is subtly different. The temperature can…
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