The Choral Society (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781849160131)

Three single women in their fifties meet when they join a choir. Lucy, recently widowed, is a cook and food journalist; Joanna, a successful business woman, never married; Rebecca is a divorced interior decorator. Each of the women is at a crossroads and they quickly form a bond.
The trio decide to combine their talents to restore a crumbling pile in Cornwall and turn it into a cookery school and spa. The project brings its own conflicts, both professional and personal. The novel's themes touch on the sustaining power of female friendship and how a woman copes with mid life and onwards.
Prue's narrative voice is warm, witty, wise, very accessible. Her characters are sympathetic and engaging: very different women but each with demons to face as she gets older and confronts a future without - perhaps - a man in it. Her knowledge of food and business adds detail and zest, enriching an already compelling tale.

Author: Prue Leith
ISBN-10: 1849160139
ISBN-13: 9781849160131
Publisher: Quercus Books
Language: English
Published: 11/05/2009
Pages: 320
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.73lbs
Size: 7.81h x 4.96w x 0.96d