Wenn das Leben dir Zitronen gibt - dann mach einen Gin Tonic. Gurkensandwiches zum Five o'Clock Tea - der perfekte Nachmittag für Constance Harding. Nichts geht ihr über Traditionen und Englishness. Nur spielt die Familie nicht so richtig mit. Der Sohn will nicht heiraten, die Tochter zählt Stichlinge in Frankreich, die litauische Haushälterin trocknet ihre Polyesterunterwäsche im Arbeitszimmer des Gatten. Es ist ein einziger Skandal! Constance nimmt das Leben der anderen in die Hand. Mit unerwarteten Folgen für ihr eigenes ...
Constance Harding's comfortable corner of Surrey is her own little piece of heaven. She lives in a chocolate box house complete with an Aga and a parrot, her bell-ringing club is set to dominate the intercounty tournament, and she is sure she can get her son, Rupert, to settle down if she just writes the perfect personal ad for him. Naturally, things turn disastrous rather quickly. And she's about to learn that her perfect home conceals a scandal that would make the vicar blush. Her Lithuanian housekeeper's undergarments keep appearing in her husband's study and her daughter is turning into a Lycra-clad gap-year strumpet. As her family falls apart, Constance embarks on an extraordinary journey. From partying in Ibiza to riding bareback with a handsome Argentinean gaucho whose only English words are "Britney" and "Spears," Constance is about to discover a wider world she thought it was too late to find. Hilarious, inventive, and ultimately heartwarming, A Surrey State of Affairs will appeal to fans of Major Pettigrew's Last Stand and the novels of Alexander McCall Smith.
