On Top Of Everything

Available in New Zealand only from November 2008

AVAILABLE IN NEW ZEALAND ONLY FROM NOVEMBER 2008

Rotten things happen in threes in Florence’s family so when she’s fired by her best friend and left by her husband in the space of a single afternoon, she knows there is yet more trouble brewing. And when her son Monty returns from his gap year Down Under it’s only too clear what, or who, that trouble is.

Then the plan to turn her crumbling home into a tea room hits a snag, the macramé at her sister’s house starts to seriously unravel, and why is her doctor leaving so many messages?

Enter Will, a mysterious handyman with a secret stash of chocolate truffles, and soon life – with all its hiccups – is just her cup of tea.

A bittersweet story about life, living and the importance of afternoon tea.

Books by Sarah-Kate Lynch

Fiction
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Florence Dowling believes rotten things happen in threes so when she loses her job and her husband in the space of a single day, she knows there's worse to come. (Available in New Zealand only.)
US version of The House of Peine. Mathilde, Clementine and Sophie have nothing in common except the champagne that runs in their blood. But is that enough?
Three estranged sisters battle it out among the vineyards of France when they inherit a failing Champagne House.
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“Witty, charming, faithfully passionate to its subject and emotionally adept. If only this book was a man.”
-Sunday Star Times
“In the spirit of Chocolat...a tender love story told through the medium of cheese.”
-Publishers Weekly
“A cross between Bridget Jones’s Diary and Waking Ned Devine, this is a romantic and rollicking good read.”
-Next Magazine
Short Stories
A collection of entertaining, powerful & thought-provoking short stories by some of the finest contemporary writers in New Zealand and the United Kingdom.
Non-Fiction
A smorgasbord of columns from the New Zealand Woman’s Weekly’s favourite columnist.