Friends of Dorothy: The funny and brilliant new novel from the star of QI

The funny, wise and brilliant new novel from the star of QI and the author of Between the Stops After much searching, Amber and Georgie find the perfect house - a bit shabby but with potential - in Grimaldi Square. Across the way is a rundown pub, and an overgrown garden and beside them a decidely nosy neighbour but it is the house of their dreams. A home at last! Just the two of them; they can start their lives together. Recently married, they want to begin a family (with the help of their gay best friend, Jack). They are in heaven.But they are not alone in this dream. Upstairs, squatting on an old red sofa is the former owner, eighty-year old foul-mouthed, straight-talking, wise-cracking, Dorothy - and she's not going anywhere. Friends of Dorothy is a wonderful, funny, touching story about, among other things, making a family that is not biological, but logical; one that Sandi Toksvig says `is close to my heart'. EVERYONE LOVES SANDI TOKSVIG! 'Life-affirming and addictive' SUNDAY EXPRESS 'Wise and kind ... it will make you miss your stop' OBSERVER 'Full of wit and wisdom' RADIO TIMES 'Inspires ... wonderment and gentle chortles' Independent