A young activist's guide filled with real ways to make a difference!
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Is it better to forgive & forget, or should you just get even? Is it possible to live in the country & not lose your mind completely? Do chickens really make good pets? & what exactly is a hardy perennial? Alice Mayhew, part-time architect & full-time mother to Alfie, is to gardening what Alan Titchmarsh is to deep-sea fishing. So finding she's been volunteered to design a new garden for the village comes as a bit of a shock, because apart from anything else she's far too busy trying to convince Alfie that wearing green trousers doesn't make you Peter Pan, & that flying is best left to the experts. Molly O' Brien is finding it hard enough coping with Lily (aged four & likes washing up) & Matt (aged thirty two & doesn't) before she discovers she's pregnant. & then there's Lola Barker, who causes havoc wherever she goes, & brings a whole new meaning to the word high-maintenance. Toddlers, jelly, bad behaviour, romance & gardening tips all loom large in Gil Mc Neil's hilarious & heartbreaking new novel. Stand By Your Man turns prejudices & assumptions upside down with humour & passion, telling it like it really is. Sometimes it's hard to be a woman