What's better than a comedy about an unhinged woman, kidnapping a man with dementia, bestiality, friends, family and the tribulations of relationships? A book about all of those things set in Yorkshire of course!
Jenna Jaghe, an unmarried bridal shop owner, has spent the best part of the last year attempting to conform to the 50’s good housewife guide that has been rammed down her throat by her uppity boyfriend, James Flannigan and his bourgeois mother. Her Saturday evening’s have been reduced to sitting correctly, surrounded by an ensemble of the Flannigan’s uptight dinner guests, at one of their ostentatious dinner parties, donning a Mrs Flannigan pre-approved two-piece with matching pearl accessories. Which is precisely why one night at a social convention, Jenna Jaghe comes spectacularly undone. Her life will never be quite the same again.
Follow Jenna Jaghe on her quest to take her life back. The only problem is life has more than a few surprises in store for her. Will Jenna find what it takes to get her life back on track or will she end up sectioned with her best friend’s murderess mother? It is definitely hit and miss but as they say in Yorkshire; ‘It’ll be reyt!’
"Victoria Ward is a true comic visionary. Her imagination and wit sparkle on every page of her prose. She blends style and substance in a way that is the envy of most authors. We have only seen the nascent stages of a most promising career, and I await the publication of her works-in-progress". David Kowalczyk Editor, Gentle Strength Quarterly August 29, 2013
“Writing comedy is hard work, but Victoria Ward seems able to carry it off with a kind of nonchalant ease - or at least that's the impression she manages to give. 'The Unconventional Life of Jenny Jaghe' is a diary, but all resemblance to the old Adrian Mole version disappears within the first few pages. This is not a book to give to an elderly aunt. Instead, buy it and read it yourself" Peter Stuart Smith
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