Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #782971 in Books
• Published on: 2006-06-19
• Binding: Paperback
• 246 pages

Synopsis
Angie Howard has one ambition - to escape from her home in the idyllic Essex countryside and set up her own cafe in London. Once there, she seeks out her long-lost Uncle John, whose lifestyle is not at all what she expected. Before she can achieve her goal, she has to juggle the needs of a glamorous French waiter, a grouchy German chef and her exuberant, transvestite uncle. What's more, if she manages to keep the lid on all that, what will she do about the other hidden secrets of her family?

Customer Reviews

Sparkling title, sparkling story
The story is as sparkling as its title. I was gripped from the first page and had to know what the history was behind the mysterious Uncle John. This book is so full of larger than life characters - Uncle John himself, Derek the bouncer, Heinreich the chef and Philippe the waiter. Not to mention Angie herself who shows how stubborn she is when it comes to achieving her goals. A brilliant read. I can just see it as a film or a tv drama.

Classic Characters
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Pink Champagne and Apple Juice is a book full of larger than life, intriguing characters. Anne B. has the capacity to create the kind of bizarre characters that have such a unique flavour they will,I'm sure, enter the realm of classic characters.
I loved the flamboyant "Uncle John" and the moody Heinrich who turns out to be pure gold in the end. I warmed to the kind of philosophy that lies behind much of Anne's writing and which encourages us to be whatever we want to be, to be that bravely and spiritedly, and to be damned to what others think.

Another fantastic read from Anne Brooke
A cracking good story and such wonderful characters, none of them too wicked nor too pious. They are all so real and colourful. John aka Jolene has just the right mix of impudence, sauciness and humanity to make us love him/her.
It is, of course, Angie's story, and we are with her all the way.
This is one of those books you don't want to put down or finish. Another story about Angie would be fantastic!