{"product_id":"9781905005123","title":"Plotting for Beginners","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Charming, intelligent and side-splittingly funny. Anyone who is a wife or mother will find a 'yes' moment on every page.\"-Lynne Barrett-Lee \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWomen reach fifty and think they're on the verge of liberation and excitement, and their broken-down men just want to stay home and fart. Or in my case, go and live in a cabin in the Rockies and fart.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eSally Howe plans to spend her husband-free year trying her hand at becoming a wildly successful author. But she's beset by distractions-the first being a queue of local lotharios led by young Billy Bathgate, village postmaster with a tartan trouser habit and an obsession with drain rods. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlotting for Beginners\u003c\/b\u003e offers a wry evaluation of long-haul marriages, plus a lesson on how to hit menopause running and seize your freedom when the family has gone. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSue Hepworth\u003c\/b\u003e previously worked as a research psychologist, social researcher, full-time mother, and various combinations of these, and she has been a frequent contributor to \u003cb\u003eThe Times.\u003c\/b\u003e She lives in the Peak District with her husband in an empty nest and is addicted to sweet peas and romantic comedies. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJane Linfoot\u003c\/b\u003e was brought up in North Yorkshire and on Teesside. She has trained and worked as an architect, spent seven years in rural France, had children, moved thousands of hay bales, and pruned a lot of vines. Linfoot now lives in a sheltered spot up a mountain road in the Peak District with her children and assorted animals. She enjoys slide shows and Volkswagen Beetle Cabriolets. She also plays around withhouses and writes.\u003c\/p\u003e  ","brand":"Snowbooks Limited","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47019313398000,"sku":"9781905005123","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781905005123_p0.jpg?v=1763614319","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781905005123","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}