Pedigree Mum

Pedigree Mum
Fiona Gibson

The e-book bestselling author, Fiona Gibson is back.Laugh-out-loud funny from the author that bought you Mum On The Run.Fiona’s writing deals with the real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well…A straying husband. A broken heart. And a crazy rescue dog in a town of posh pooches…When Kerry Tambini upped sticks with her family to a new home on the coast, she couldn’t have been happier. Then husband Rob made the biggest mistake of his life…Stranded with her children in snooty Shorling, Kerry has plenty on her plate. So how can she say no to the kids' pleas for a dog when they're missing their father dreadfully? Will adopting a wayward hound lead Kerry to a new love – or has she bitten off more than she can chew?As she steps back into the dating world Kerry must juggle her family, her neurotic dog and try to fit in with the local pedigree mums, making her a true heroine for our time.

FIONA GIBSON

Pedigree Mum

Copyright

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First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2013

Copyright © Fiona Gibson 2013

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Source ISBN: 9781847562616

Ebook Edition © February 2013 ISBN: 9780007478439

Version: 2014-12-09

Dedication

For the delectable Miss Wendy Rigg

Contents

Cover (#u1723901f-0b49-55d7-a779-04de7175111e)

Title Page (#u97aafc81-58cb-5d18-b077-4d7bac171efe)

Copyright (#ua1f37be7-afa9-5539-bef7-3bfead3d7585)

Dedication (#u5e2b9d0e-097f-5954-970a-ee9375cd9106)

Part One: Arrival (#u48baf936-319e-5a47-86b4-e0ab0209bd59)

Chapter One (#u04cd13d5-957d-5f59-a78b-f18f1c3cf658)

Chapter Two: Four months later (#u77448509-5757-5229-88c9-cd7eaa6f188f)

Chapter Three (#u999fc678-8482-5c7c-8612-a7e94787ad24)

Chapter Four (#ubfd9513f-c855-564c-bc8d-a214920defc4)

Chapter Five (#uf5ec79d1-a795-5db5-8741-ea99a2eea45c)

Chapter Six (#ud017d21e-637b-58ad-9547-ac9d7848bfb1)

Chapter Seven (#u34bffc7d-fdfa-5b81-825a-7bb67688b459)

Chapter Eight (#uac220e65-bb52-5898-8808-42d82a308796)

Chapter Nine: One week later (#uc6f7340c-8843-5925-811f-46e753e0961d)

Chapter Ten (#udf36bf90-c1ff-5d46-9328-39d9ea94c8f9)

Chapter Eleven (#u4846114e-935e-54e5-b61a-cc3d8a65ab43)

Chapter Twelve (#ue0833f1d-1f8d-56b2-a54a-a22d0ec434e2)

Chapter Thirteen: Jack’s, three weeks later (#ufa10aa03-dc7f-5de3-aa66-af9479cb47c9)

Chapter Fourteen (#ue0231adf-5889-5009-ae24-6314061e71db)

Chapter Fifteen (#uc605f64b-0f85-5798-9fbd-81df8bf74e5f)

Chapter Sixteen (#u33750091-7c0c-57d3-840e-f15c2f911666)

Chapter Seventeen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Eighteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Nineteen (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-One (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Two (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter Twenty-Three (#litres_trial_promo)