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Mum in the Middle: Feel good, funny and unforgettable
Jane Wenham-Jones
‘Fresh, funny and wise’ Katie Fforde‘I love Jane’s writing!’ Jill Mansell‘feel-good’ Woman and HomeTess has downsized to a lively new town and is ready for “me” time. But her Zen-like calm is tested by her boomerang offspring, who keep fluttering back to the nest (usually with a full bag of dirty washing) and by her elderly mother’s struggle to hold on to her independence.Tess is also surprised to discover that there are dark resentments simmering beneath the vintage charm of her new hometown and a spate of vandalism has exposed the rift between the townsfolk and new arrivals like Tess.Tess enlists the help of gruff newspaper editor Malcolm to get to the bottom of the mystery but when her ex-husband pays an unexpected visit and her mother stages a disappearance, Tess starts to feel her new-found freedom wearing just a little thin…
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Table of Contents
Cover (#ufaa458cf-cc33-5c6a-b551-629fbf3e4994)
Title Page (#ud2d31401-e2e2-5b2f-b98e-30b89dd47c41)
Copyright (#uf4ea217b-8984-508f-a9fd-9658d009a01f)
Dedication (#u0957aa43-283c-580d-ab4e-192930b4b82c)
Chapter 1 (#u57076d49-9b9f-5c0d-a801-d8423c38a065)
Chapter 2 (#u21565f82-ff8d-5cbc-90cf-7784ce33f12b)
Chapter 3 (#u0b262e5a-339e-5dc7-84ba-f85613e34a08)
Chapter 4 (#ud07c668f-47a3-50cb-868a-14cd197efea2)
Chapter 5 (#uc93ac74e-947c-522a-b77e-78ac63fb4771)
Chapter 6 (#ue99ec604-d323-5214-a765-052030c8ad5b)
Chapter 7 (#u67ffdbcb-6562-5477-9e6a-520f322da25c)
Chapter 8 (#u1a3f1f63-0297-5913-a19b-b28b6c41b7df)
Chapter 9 (#u024fa6c1-5aae-5901-8821-ee6be1a07437)
Chapter 10 (#u481d6b41-d04c-5cfe-9fa6-fe8e39f9f1ba)
Chapter 11 (#u79ed746c-a97e-50f9-8e7b-660ac8dddc37)
Chapter 12 (#u14a91b79-bcc2-5131-b56d-1e4dad1eece9)
Chapter 13 (#u8e7dbb0e-013f-54b9-b893-6b1b1dccfb4b)
Chapter 14 (#u0809f646-c1dc-58a9-a257-6d0f4828e53a)
Chapter 15 (#u67c0a46c-00c4-54d4-8599-a196ade8bdc6)
Chapter 16 (#u043dd346-f678-5a42-9621-ba1f7a47e2d6)
Chapter 17 (#u35ae9dad-61cc-5485-8634-7ab0d6be4aad)
Chapter 18 (#u210994ba-ea5c-5d48-8dc1-a94dbba2c3e9)
Chapter 19 (#u255bfff3-d5ab-52b0-9027-1ac431897775)
Chapter 20 (#ucb58a0ed-5b98-50b1-b9f9-390c4525ad03)
Chapter 21 (#u997a4c01-d887-5b1d-8e8c-3f8cca9a777d)
Chapter 22 (#u73cf268d-2837-5005-906b-64edbaab11d1)
Chapter 23 (#uaa4dce8a-0379-5a96-9a00-3355f382898b)
Chapter 24 (#u1a46d8f4-3ead-5ddd-b180-cc4b10c6e023)
Chapter 25 (#ue1f7f889-0a26-54e8-ba41-25625d57abf7)
Chapter 26 (#u6b696a10-181e-5bd0-9b0b-9aaacc64dcf5)
Chapter 27 (#ue8dc9723-4ca1-50b5-8117-464b49620066)
Chapter 28 (#uaa64fbcd-1af8-5f7c-a90d-bddcaad83601)
Chapter 29 (#ubf7abbda-c5c9-55ad-96fb-acd004ad5a39)
Chapter 30 (#u08c9b7fd-a5d1-5cd9-9845-cd5fb566bef8)
Chapter 31 (#uede27839-5afd-5ed8-b832-4bf63149dec7)
Chapter 32 (#uf0dd49dd-7fee-5099-ab2c-2ea12de714c8)
Chapter 33 (#ub8dff472-f109-5ab5-9e6d-9547b2d988fd)
Chapter 34 (#u9a2a3a8a-c47d-567d-8e3a-d23167b5e9d6)
Chapter 35 (#ue9b906f9-67dc-5f21-9cdc-172baf9dade2)
Chapter 36 (#uc5c04c03-dc28-5b12-b709-5b67f2a4c695)
Chapter 37 (#ud0fcb66e-c707-5408-ae70-9a490fbc08c1)
Chapter 38 (#u82e72962-83a0-5008-b42a-a19b02a37114)
Chapter 39 (#ue20d3ccc-b847-53d5-8fda-e56e487472e9)
Chapter 40 (#ud63a9d44-9130-5b0e-959e-3f5eb43cc91c)
Chapter 41 (#uf2359ce6-fe7f-5e57-b4d5-7564944a4ffb)
Chapter 42 (#u4238f31e-b0ea-5d38-bca7-c6b7671b9a81)
Acknowledgements (#uee2673a9-5aa7-5c2d-af43-9cd7d4363f1e)
About the Author (#u8a876b9f-99a0-5a9a-a5ee-544ad5833847)
Family Gatherings and How to Survive Them – Jane’s Top Tips (#uc7e7baa6-482c-5d1d-9c5b-98cb55f1c2ee)
About HarperImpulse (#ua26bf41f-5a6e-5463-85e4-faf78d9bc684)
About the Publisher (#u5887445d-4b25-5649-a7b6-baf9c957b2f2)
For Karen with love – I wish you were here to read it.
Chapter 1 (#u97f4e9c5-778f-59a3-be7a-3b07732c001a)
To a Wonderful Mother on Mother’s Day.
Mum, I want to tell you
On this your special Day
How much I do appreciate
You in every way
I may not always show it
I may forget to phone
But today I just want you to know …
Ahh. They may fleece you, your kids. They may fill your spare bedroom – the one you need to turn into an office – with their junk and unstrung guitars. And empty a fridge in one sitting and spill cider on the new rug. But when push comes to Mothering Sunday shove they come up trumps. A small sentimental lump rose in my throat as I turned over the card from my darling youngest son:
… I need another loan!
