num_pages: 332
description:  Sunday Times number one bestseller Joanna Trollope explores the issues at the heart of a modern family with her trademark wit and warmth in Mum &amp; Dad. What a mess she thought now . . . what a bloody unholy mess the whole family has got itself into.Its 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 its left to their three grown-up children in London to step in . . .Sebastian is busy running his company with his wife Anna whos never quite seen eye-to-eye with her mother-in-law. Katie a successful solicitor in the City is distracted by the problems with her long-term partner Nic and the secretive lives of their three daughters. And Jake ever the easy-going optimist is determined to convince his new wife Bella that moving to Spain with their eighteen-month-old would be a good idea.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?'Trollope writes about family relationships with intelligence and clear-eyed sympathy' - The Times
language: English
title: Mum & Dad
publisher: Macmillan