Campari for Breakfast

Author: Sara Crowe
Publisher: Black Swan
Category: Contemporary Fiction
Book Format: Hardcover

Reads like a cross between I Capture the Castle and Love, Nina, with a pinch of Adrian Mole' The Bookseller'We defy you not to love Sue' Good Housekeeping'Campari for Breakfast is truly, charmingly splendid' Lucy RobinsonLife is full of terrible things. Ghosts of dead relatives, heartbreak . . . burnt toast.In 1987, Sue Bowl's world changes for ever. Her mother dies, leaving her feeling like she's lost a vital part of herself. And then her father shacks up with an awful man-eater called Ivana.But Sue's mother always told her to make the most of what she's got - and what she's got is a love of writing and some eccentric relatives. So Sue moves to her Aunt Coral's crumbling ancestral home, where she fully intends to write a book and fall in love . . . and perhaps drink Campari for breakfastCampari for Breakfast is a heart-warming, eccentric novel that joins the ranks of great British coming-of-age novels such as Dodie Smith's I Capture the Castle and Nancy Mitford's The Pursuit of Love.

About Sara Crowe
Sara Crowe is best known as an actress. She has appeared on television, stage and film, including the iconic Four Weddings and a Funeral. She has won the Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Variety Club Best Actress Award and the London Critics Circle Theatre Award for Most Promising Newcomer. Sara's West End appearances include Private Lives, Calendar Girls and Hay Fever. She has also toured with Acorn Antiques: the Musical, and appeared in The City Madam for the Royal Shakespeare Company.
Campari for Breakfast is Sara's first novel, inspired by a crumbling old house and a love of English eccentricity. She began writing as a child and has also written comedy sketches for television and stand-up. But in the tradition of late developers' she recently re-opened the notebooks of yesteryear and some of the characters
climbed out.

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SKU BK-9780552779647
Barcode # 9780552779647
Brand Black Swan
Artist / Author Sara Crowe
Shipping Weight 0.2200kg
Shipping Width 0.130m
Shipping Height 0.020m
Shipping Length 0.200m
Assembled Length 19.800m
Assembled Height 1.900m
Assembled Width 12.700m
Type Hardcover

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