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Peas, Carrots and a Red Feather Boa: More countryside misadventures and hilarity in this brilliant British comedy series. (The Peas and Carrots Series Book 2) Kindle Edition

by Hannah Lynn (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.3 out of 5 stars 572 ratings

The good news: Eric's finally escaped to the country. The bad news: His mother-in-law had the same idea.

After surviving two years of allotment warfare, Eric Sibley thought he had country life figured out. But his ramshackle new house has other ideas. For a man who barely knows one end of a hammer from the other, this is nothing short of a nightmare.

Between a surprise visit from his mother-in-law, an inappropriate plumber, and the looming threat of hosting Christmas dinner for the entire family, Eric's relaxing rural life is unraveling fast. His wife is at breaking point, the chickens are staging a coup, and the leeks are distinctly uncooperative.

Will Eric's countryside dream come crashing down around him, or could this chaotic Christmas be the making of the Sibleys?

Perfect for fans of witty British fiction and anyone who knows that home is where the havoc is.

Praise for Peas, Carrots and a Red Feather Boa

“Loved the easy storytelling style of this book.”

“I very much enjoyed the continuation of the Sibley family saga.”

“A genuinely lovely story.”

“I have read Peas, Carrots and a Aston Martin and Peas, Carrots and a Red Feather Boa both books were brilliant from start to finish love them and would definitely recommend to other readers.”

“Normal life brought to life in a way that pulls us in, throws us up and down, and then really spits us out at the end!”

“A good follow on from the first book. The family have made the big move when bigger moves happen to them.”

“A worthy sequel to Peas, Carrots and an Aston Martin.”

“I found this second book to be an absorbing story following on the first one, which was equally enjoyable.”

“Bloody wonderful!”

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    The Peas and Carrots Series
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    December 13, 2018
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07HXWM362
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Paper Cat Publishing (December 13, 2018)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 13, 2018
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 1.7 MB
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 294 pages
  • Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 172374641X
  • Customer Reviews:
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Hannah Lynn

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Hannah Lynn is a multi award winning novelist. Publishing her first book, Amendments – a dark, dystopian speculative fiction novel, in 2015. Her second book, The Afterlife of Walter Augustus – a contemporary fiction novel with a supernatural twist – went on to win the 2018 Kindle Storyteller Award and the Independent Publishers Gold Medal for Best Adult Ebook.


Born in 1984, Hannah grew up in the Cotswolds, UK. After graduating from university, she spent 15 years as a teacher of physics, first in the UK and then Thailand, Malaysia, Austria and Jordan. It was during this time, inspired by the imaginations of the young people she taught, she began writing short stories for children, and later adult fiction.

With over 20 publications spanning a number of genres and translated into half a dozen languages, Hannah has proven herself to be both an accomplished and prolific author.

Now settled back in the UK with her husband, daughter and horde of cats, she spends her days writing romantic comedies and historical fiction. Her first historical fiction novel, Athena's Child, was also a 2020 Gold Medalist at the Independent Publishers Awards.

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  • Bookaddict
    5.0 out of 5 stars A good read
    Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2019
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    I found this second book to be an absorbing story following on the first one, which was equally enjoyable. Its sad too, telling the story of a married couple who really love each other, but they are completely out of sync with each other. Each one becomes frantically busy with their career, living past each other. His father dies in the first book but having been a very unloving father, he compounds it from the grave by leaving his home to the church, and his Aston Martin to his son, however, conditions exist for his son to retain possession of the car. He must work in an allottment every week or lose the car. His son is furious but is compelled to dedicate time to working on the allottment. Some hilarious scences take place there as he attempts, with very bad grace, to tame the land. Yet, somehow, working the land grounds him, which is probably what his father wanted to give him.
    After some time, he resigns from a very good job and buys the house of Norman, his father's old friend and his allottment neighbour, nemesis, friend and mentor. His wife supports his decisions but throws herself into her own career as an author, while he struggles alone to refurbish the old house and work the allottment.
    Sadly, they do very little together. They have no faith and permit her bohemian mother to teach their only little daughter to be a new-age witch as well as a dancer. His mother-in-law's crystal "healing" mumbo jumbo and her naked dancing class in the back yard disturb him badly. How long will she stay with them? When he walks in on her performing oral sex in a plumber half her age in their bathroom he is sick to the stomach. That is not all. Her tasteless vegan lifestyle with all sorts of weird ingredients and influence over their little daughter and disregard of their rule not to pierce her ears infuriate him, but his wife expects him to accommodate her mother. He tries to please his wife by buying her a beautiful puppy which he has fallen in love with. She rejects it outright. He is heartbroken, not wanting to return it. Fortunately a recent female allottment owner offers to take the puppy, which will allow him to continue to see it.
    Eventually his wife's father's affair with a young girl old enough to be his granddaughter comes out, when, after a three-month separation, he pitches up and makes a play for her mother again. He convinces her of his remorse then persuades her to transfer all her money to an offshore account, telling her they would make a new start on a quiet island. It is only when his young pregnant lover's brother arrives to beat the old Casanova up that the truth comes out.
    After a life-threatening fight, the massive brother is apprehended by the Police who expose the grandfather's duplicity.
    Sadly, his daughter does not turn to her husband for comfort. She screams at him, blaming him for not having told her of a strange phone call he had received which she claims put them all in danger. She orders him out of her office. He is very distressed at this turn of events and goes out in the pouring rain, looking for the comfort of his puppy's unconditional love. Maybe sub-consciously he turns to Lulu's new owner for comfort? One kiss sends him flying home to his wife. Consumed by guilt, he tells her. Reach the rest to find out more.
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  • Melissa and Josh
    4.0 out of 5 stars Great story!
    Reviewed in the United States on February 16, 2020
    Let me start by saying this story only got 4 stars because of the ending.

    I listened to book 1 several months ago and loved it. At the time, I wasn’t sure how the author was going to make a book 2 with how the first one ended. Months later, the author was advertising books 2 and 3. “Yes, please!” Overall, I think the series has gotten better as it’s moved along. The characters are great, and Abbie has stuck out to me as a being one of my favorite characters. Eric is enjoyable as he's always trying to do his best for his family yet sometimes makes mistakes. Stories that have a lot of funnies, whether they’re meant to be comedic stories or not, are my favorites.

    Like the books, I love the narrator as well. He does a great job and it’s always easy to tell who is talking. I do have to admit when Evette first showed up on their doorstep, when the narrator did her voice, I thought it was a drag queen. That was before it was revealed who the person was.

    Questions/Comments:

    I was wondering about Eric and all the cooking he did in this book. I don't remember him being into cooking in book 1 and am curious as to what changed. Yes, he has the allotment where he grows vegetables but still.

    “At the minute…” I have never heard this phrase before. “At the moment” is the common version. It's strange considering at the moment means right now, as at the minute means… right now. Why change it?

    I haven’t been a big fan of Suzy. Either she’s overreacting about something minor or she’s asking Eric what he did wrong. I think I said something in my book 1 review about how she seems like she's just waiting for him to mess up so she can leave him. I was under that impression with book 2 also. The fact that she was blaming Eric for Catrina’s brother coming to the house and destroying parts of it (not telling her about the random phone call he’d received) was too much.

    I know a lot of people aren’t fans of cliffhangers because if you want to know what happens, you have to buy the next story. Most of the time, I don’t care. But the cliffhanger with book 2, I felt it was too big of a cliffhanger, if that makes sense. It’s like usually there’s a thread at the end that entices readers to move forward in the series, but it’s not a major necessity. With this ending… let me rephrase that, there isn’t a real ending. You HAVE to read book 3 if you care at all about any of the characters. Thankfully, I had book 3 to find out what happened to Susie.

    I received a free audiobook code for this story in exchange for an honest review.
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  • Iona White
    5.0 out of 5 stars Another gripping peek into the family
    Reviewed in the United States on April 3, 2019
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    I really enjoyed the first book in this series, and rushed to buy this follow on as well as the third in the series. The protagonist, Eric, is an engaging, very human character. He battles with the hangups he's carried from his childhood, making a comfortable life for his family, and finding satisfaction in living a worthwhile life. The series is curious in that it is a recount of things that just happen in everyday life (although some of the things that happen to Eric are quite wild) and somehow one ends up rooting for him and pretty devastated when his best efforts backfire. Even the irritating characters grow on one and elicit sympathy as their stories are revealed. I read lots of 'brain fodder' to distract me if I can't sleep at night. This series of books made me both laugh out loud and shed tears, which is rarely the case in most books I read these days.
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  • Mrs.Beasley
    3.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable, but....
    Reviewed in the United States on April 14, 2019
    I enjoyed reading this and its predecessor but it feels as if it should have been one long book that has been divided up. Even at the end of this book the story hasn't been resolved. Don't know how many more it will take to conclude!
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating Plot
    Reviewed in the United States on January 25, 2020
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    Many colourful changes of pace and plot. Unexpected and great tale told. Warning cliffhanger. I look forward the next episode.
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  • Deedra
    4.0 out of 5 stars Peas,carrots and a red feather boa
    Reviewed in the United States on March 10, 2020
    Not quite as good as book 1,but still fun.Eric and Susie learn that country living isn't all it's cracked up to be. Rafe Beckley was an excellent narrator.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.'
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  • Kindle Customer
    5.0 out of 5 stars That's life!
    Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020
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    Good story!
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  • Marsha McGregor
    5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
    Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2019
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    Book 2...the continuation of an excellent series.
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  • EMc
    5.0 out of 5 stars Great read!
    Reviewed in Australia on May 31, 2019
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    Easy read with great characters!
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  • Em Yarnell
    5.0 out of 5 stars Funny, warm and moving
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 12, 2019
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    I loved this. Having read the first book Peas, Carrots and an Aston Martin I knew I was going to read this as soon as I could. I was laughing out loud, cringing and crying because it's such a well written roller coaster of a book. I like to read thrillers and this is the perfect escape from dark psychological worlds into light humorous and very addictive reading.
    The characters just keep growing on you and I love learning more and more about them.
    This is not a standalone book, though you could read it first, i'd definitely recommend reading them in order, with book 3 now available! I can't wait to start reading the next one, Peas, Carrots and Six More Feet.
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  • Amazon Customer
    4.0 out of 5 stars A good read :)
    Reviewed in Australia on October 1, 2023
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    This has been a good read. A bit disappointed with the ending but having said that I will get book #3 as I have enjoyed following the happenings in this family and friends (and not so friendly :). Enjoyed the humour along the way as well.
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  • Louiseog
    4.0 out of 5 stars Highly recommend
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 13, 2019
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    This series is really growing on me!

    I enjoyed Book One, but this one is better. Characters are a real strength of this author in my opinion and we get to know the existing ones better and meet some new ones.
    A light theme with lots of deeper threads running through and suddenly the book makes you think about lots of issues (and laugh, oh and definitely cry)

    Ends on a cliff hanger but not a 'to be continued one' (ie you don't have to read the next book to finish the plot in this one which is always a plus. Did make me want to read the next one, so I did!
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  • FraserD
    3.0 out of 5 stars Sorry Hannah, but I found this really boring
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 12, 2021
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    Sorry Hannah, but I didn't like this story at all. I found it all rather boring and non-eventful and it ended with a cliff-hanger that will lead into another episode that I think will be equally boring. Eric was okay and I did feel some sort of connection with them due to your writing, but it was all sort of bleh to me. I didn't see any typos and you didn't write in first person as so many other authors seem to do now, but it's not enough to raise the ratings.

    It will remain the only novel of the series that I will read, I'm sorry to say.
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