Calendar Girls Book

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EAN: 9780573110672

Product Code: 988

Weight: 1.4kg

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When Annie's husband John dies of leukaemia she and best friend Chris resolve to raise money for a new settee in the local hospital waiting room. They manage to persuade four fellow WI members to pose nude with them for an "alternative" calendar with a little help from hospital porter and amateur photographer Lawrence. The news of the women's charitable venture spreads like wildfire and hordes of press soon descend on the small village of Knapeley in the Yorkshire Dales. gets around and soon hordes of press have descended on the small Yorkshire village of Knapeley. The calendar is a success but Chris and Annie's friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame. Paperback

Based on the true story of eleven WWI members who posed nude for a calendar to raise money for the Leukaemia Research Fund Calendar Girls opened at the Chichester Festival Theatre and has since become the fastest selling play in British theatre history.

"It's marvellous theatre guaranteed to make you laugh cry and come out singing Jerusalem." Mail on Sunday

"Dazzlingly funny shamelessly sentimental and utterly captivating ... the mingling of pathos and comedy here is simply unbeatable." Lloyd Evans Spectator

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