Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #40539 in Books
• Published on: 2007-06-05
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Synopsis
'My mother has just the two modes of operation. Either slightly dramatic or seriously dramatic. That this is the latter means just the one thing. That my day is about to get worse...' And for single mum, Abbie, life is complex enough. So once her eldest son, Seb, has gone on his gap year, she's decided it's time to make changes. She's just left her old job and started a new one (to escape the gorgeous man-who-turned-out-to-be-married), and is planning some space for herself at long last. But fate seems to have something else in mind for Abbie, in the shape of her demanding and incorrigible mother, whose feckless fourth husband, Hugo, has just died. Temporarily in a wheelchair after a recent knee op, Diana - retired TV fitness icon and dancer - will need looking after, so will have to move in. Still, Abbie tells herself - gritting her teeth - it won't be for more than a few weeks...However, Abbie hasn't figured on the sudden arrival of Hugo's 20 years' estranged son. A suave TV Weatherman, Gabriel Ash not only owns the deeds to what they thought was Hugo's house, but also has plans of his own...

Customer Reviews

Out on a limb by Lynne Barrett-Lee
"Out on a limb" is another brilliant novel by Lynne Barrett-Lee. Sensitively written it follows the path taken by single mum Abbie in deciding to sort out her life. Her mother Diana's fourth husband suddenly dies, Diana is left homeless and Abbie too finds herself in difficulties. I found this novel amusing and cheering and a really excellent read.

Judith Haire,
Ramsgate