FINDING COLIN FIRTH -------- pan macmillan
Only an idiot would attempt to make a pie – a special-ordered
chocolate caramel cream Amore Pie – while watching Pride and Prejudice.
Had she put in the vanilla? What about the salt? Damn Colin Firth and
his pondsoaked white shirt.
At home in Boothbay Harbour, Maine, Veronica Russo loves to lose herself
in watching Colin Firth movies and baking pies filled with good
thoughts. Pies that can bring you happiness, hope, even love (everything
she feels when Colin Firth is on the screen, in fact). But Veronica is
not so in touch with her own feelings and has deeply buried memories of
that one heart-breaking summer, when she was just 16 . . .
In Boston, college graduate Bea Crane has received an earthshattering
letter. A year after the death of her wonderful mum, she reads that she
was adopted at birth and that her biological mother lives not that far
away, in Boothbay. But is she brave enough to find out more?
Gemma Hendricks has come to Boothbay not to find something, but to run
away. She’s accidentally pregnant, suddenly unemployed and under
pressure from her husband to give up on her career and settle down, away
from her beloved New York City. With all this on her shoulders, Gemma
would rather watch Bridget Jones’ Diary with a bowl of popcorn rather
than face the truth. But she can’t hide away for ever.
With Colin Firth in town to shoot a new movie, all three women find
their lives become closely entwined. They might be looking out for Colin
Firth at every turn, but they’ll also find new and important
friendships along the way.
The perfect feel-good read for anyone who loved Bridget Jones’ Diary,
From Notting Hill with Love . . . Actually and The Jane Austen Book
Club.