Funny feisty & all-too-true A Not Quite Perfect Family by Claire Sandy is for anyone who loves their family so much they'd just like a weekend away from them Fern Carlile has a lot on her plate It's a good thing she loves her big imperfectly perfect family because she's the one who washes their pants de-fleas the dog & runs her own business A hearty meal is the one thing that brings the Carliles together
- but over the course of a year the various courses also pull them apart Around the table sits an eight-year-old militant feminist a pair of teenage accidental parents & a cantankerous OAP Fern's husband needs an extra seat for his spectacular midlife crisis Will Fern's marriage be over by the time coffee is served? Perhaps she'll give in & have the hot new dish that looks so tempting Decisions decisions