'Mum and Dad', a talk by Joanna Trollope,
Channel: ChawtonHouse
Date: 2020-05-15

In her latest novel, Joanna Trollope explores the issues at the heart of a modern family with her trademark wit and warmth, in Mum & Dad.

‘What a mess, she thought now . . . what a bloody, unholy mess the whole family has got itself into.’

It’s been twenty-five years since Gus and Monica left England to start a new life in Spain, building a vineyard and wine business from the ground up. However, when Gus suffers a stroke and their idyllic Mediterranean life is thrown into upheaval, it’s left to their three grown-up children in London to step in. As the children descend on the vineyard, it becomes clear that each has their own idea of how best to handle their mum and dad, as well as the family business. But as long-simmering resentments rise to the surface and tensions reach breaking point, can the family ties prove strong enough to keep them together?

Buy the book here:
https://www.waterstones.com/book/mum-and-dad/joanna-trollope/9781529003383

Joanna Trollope is a Sunday Times number one bestseller and one of Britain’s most popular novelists. Joanna is the author of over twenty novels renowned for their sharp observation of middle-class mores. Her breakthrough came with 1991’s The Rector’s Wife, which knocked Jeffrey Archer off the top of the bestseller lists and cemented her reputation as an expert chronicler of rural life. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen’s Birthday Honours List for services to literature.

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