back cover:
Once upon a time Chris Beggs and her husband had a dream - to own a farm with cows and chickens with a white picket fence surrounding a quaint cottage. So what could possibly be wrong with fulfilling that dream 15 years later as a 38-year-old divorced mother of two? Chris says goodbye to her city life and hello to dawn egg collections an strange animal noises during the night... With the enthusiastic help of her family, old friends, new neighbour, and a stranger on the end of daily emails, can Chris succeed in making this spur of the moment decision revitalise her life, or has she put all her eggs in the wrong basket?

Very light but very entertaining too. I'm glad Chris was forced to make a go of it, & she was very lucky to have so much help. Some of the trials of farm ownership were very amusing - one would only prance about in a chicken outfit in dire circumstances. Nothing very serious here, just an enjoyable tale where the wronged woman succeeds. I do hope her overbearing, dickhead ex-husband breaks a few bones while white-water rafting.

Sent to sally906, via amberC, for the OzVBB.

I will pass this along to Sally the next time I see her, and will try to borrow it off her when she has finished it

Taking to the meet-up at Jamaica Blue to pass along to Sally.

Picked up at meet-up today - will hand it back to Amber when I've finished

nnoy her ex-husband buys a free-range chicken farm. Chris knows nothing about farming and her only experience with a chicken as a child was not a happy one. She tries desperately to get out of it but her children think it is great and a few months later they leave the big smoke and head for the country. Then the fun starts – early morning egg collections, bossy neighbours, a revengeful accountant, possum poo and a psychotic alpaca all add to her steep learning curve. So many things I liked about this book – the one that sticks in my mind is that Chris’s seven year old son plays with toy cars in the dirt and does really stupid things like falling in ponds – so normal. All in all a very enjoyable read.

Ilsa Evans is a new discovery for me, but luckily she has been writing for a few years now so I have a few books I can go back and read. Flying the Coop is her 5th book.

will be passing on to AmberC at the meet-up

Picked up at the meet-up.

Easy, light read read with some laugh-out loud moments.

Received back as a Christmas present - thank you Amber ;)

Time for Scrapaholic to read I think - lol

Picked up at meet up …. forgot to journal !!