Every Woman For Herself: This hilarious romantic comedy from the Sunday Times Bestseller is the perfect spring read

Every Woman For Herself: This hilarious romantic comedy from the Sunday Times Bestseller is the perfect spring read
Trisha Ashley

First comes marriage. Then comes divorce. Then it’s every woman for herself …When Charlie’s husband Matt tells her that he wants a divorce she has to start from scratch. Suddenly single, broke and approaching 40 she is forced to return to her childhood home in the Yorkshire moors.Living with her father and eccentric siblings could be considered a challenge but soon Charlie finds her new life somewhat refreshing. Now that she’s single she’s got no need to dye her roots nor to be the perfect wife and she can return to her first love- painting.But just as she begins to feel settled, handsome, bad-tempered actor Mace North moves in down the road and starts mixing things up for Charlie in more ways than one …Every Woman for Herself is a hilarious account of divorce and dating from Sunday Times besteller Trisha Ashley. Perfect for fans of Katie Fforde and Carole Matthews,the country setting and rom-com storyline make this the perfect summer read.Praise for Trisha Ashley:‘One of the best writers around!’ Katie Fforde‘Full of down-to-earth humour.’ Sophie Kinsella‘A warm-hearted and comforting read. Trisha at her best’ Carole Matthews‘An absolute delight. Every Woman for Herself is a laugh-out-loud read that leaves you feeling pleased with the world’ Take a Break

TRISHA ASHLEY

Every Woman For Herself

Dedication (#ulink_ecdba73f-d51f-57bf-ba49-b2d8da347521)

For my father, Alfred Wilson Long, with love.

Table of Contents

Cover (#u08bce5b4-d720-51f3-ad32-b151992c8dea)

Title Page (#u39455b7e-c1c8-5a4d-ab56-3f07119042dc)

Dedication (#u624ddb4f-fab7-598c-b315-31d871c27fd7)

Foreword (#uca70f686-15c5-57cb-9038-98bbf78003bc)

Chapter 1: Alien Husbandry: 2001 (#uf1c16a52-f782-5b85-8945-f6b1265423c8)

Chapter 2: Wrong in the Attic (#ub73c59dd-dd77-59c7-a077-a563aa17e6c2)

Chapter 3: All Panned Out (#u5cc358ad-d9b3-5212-9cce-87405551cc75)

Chapter 4: Sheared Off (#u63ef18a6-52b3-5d54-a394-82cd561b2c59)

Chapter 5: The Prodigal Daughter (#u282d2133-d543-53d2-9dd0-ced0696efcb8)

Chapter 6: Pesto in the Kitchen (#uabf01b79-e5e6-53c8-ba64-de6827cf825d)

Chapter 7: Enlightenment (#ubca35d85-f126-5704-9498-eb7c611ede5f)

Chapter 8: Dangerous to Melons (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 9: Nature in the Raw (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 10: Small Change (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 11: Parting (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 12: Jumbled (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 13: Jam Tomorrow (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 14: In Combat (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 15: Taken Out (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 16: Going Hairless (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 17: Surprised (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 18: Absolution (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 19: Nuts (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 20: Returns (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 21: Home Comforts (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 22: First Cuckoo (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 23: To the Bone (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 24: Strange New Powers (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 25: Much Travelled (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 26: Dazed and Confused (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 27: Present Magic (#litres_trial_promo)

Chapter 28: Snapdragon (#litres_trial_promo)

Recipes (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Author (#litres_trial_promo)

By the Same Author (#litres_trial_promo)

Copyright (#litres_trial_promo)

About the Publisher (#litres_trial_promo)

Foreword (#ulink_0db6ad95-e4c3-5aa0-b415-a8a89b9e5359)

I’m delighted that Avon are reprinting Every Woman for Herself, because I have to admit it’s still my favourite literary child – and it’s obviously a favourite with readers, too, since not long ago they voted it one of the top three best romantic novels of the last fifty years, a great honour.

I haven’t rewritten it, merely tweaked a couple of errors into shape, brushed its hair and made sure it had a clean handkerchief, so since it was first published by Piatkus in 2002, it’s obviously very much of its time. But then, think how relaxing it will be to visit a remote Yorkshire valley with no phone signal for miles and only a dodgy dial-up internet connection. The Brontë family managed quite well without them and I hope you will too.

Happy reading, everyone!

Trisha Ashley

Chapter 1: Alien Husbandry: 2001 (#ulink_c66275da-c585-5993-bf16-06a131a7dd8d)