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Right before Sarah Stagg's teenage sons leave the nest, her husband, Andrew, the star of their local dramatic club, leaves her for his twentysomething leading lady, Hyacinth. Sarah, a freelance artist, quickly discovers that the path of a discarded wife is strewn with hazards and humiliations.... read more

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Sarah Stagg thought she had it all: a lovely husband, twin teenage sons, a cottage in the country. Then her husband, a keen amateur thespian, leaves her for his leading lady, her sons go off to India, and for the first time in twenty years, Sarah is very alone and very single.

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Sarah Stagg thought she had it all: a lovely husband, twin teenage sons, a cottage in the country. Then her husband, a keen amateur thespian, leaves her for his leading lady, her sons go off to India, and for the first time in twenty years, Sarah is very alone and very single.

The path of a discarded wife is strewn with hazards and humiliations - and Sarah needs to acquire skills for survival... fast!

Help (and hindrance) is at hand in the form of well-meaning neighbours, a psychopathic mongrel, an unassuming plumber - and an unwelcome role as Mrs De Winter in the forthcoming Ambercross Players' production of Rebecca.

Warm, witty and utterly beguiling, this sharply observed comedy of (anything but) peaceful village life will appeal to anyone who has lost the love of their life and had to start over again.

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Sarah's father always said amateur dramatics was a dangerous pastime.

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  1. Debby Holt (Author)

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