Itâs time for a w(h)ine
âGod, sheâs funnyâ â Jilly Cooper
âOh, for f*ckâs sakeâ muttered Claire under her breath, as she opened the fridge to see what she could find for a no effort dinner. The children continued to fight behind her. They regarded any form of fish not encased in breadcrumbs as toxic, and were resistant enough to the delicious homemade fishfingers Claire had made for them, insisting they much preferred Captain Birdseyeâs version. White wine was starting to look like quite an appealing dinner actually. Maybe just a small glass.
âAre you having wine, Mum? You know youâre not supposed to have wine every night. We did about alcohol units at school. Thatâs quite a big glass of wine, how many units do you think are in it?â
âBet the bastards didnât tell you that wine is remarkably good at cancelling out whining though, did they?â muttered Claire.
Claireâs family has gone nuclear. Her precious moppets keep calling Childline when she feeds them broccoli, sheâs utterly Ottolenghied out at weekends, and her darling husband is having an affair with her best friend.
The question isnât whether she needs a glass of wine, but is there one big enough?
Enter the Sauvignon Sisterhood, a new set of friends brought together by a shared love of liquid therapy. Together they might just be able to convince Claire that, like a good bottle of red, life really can get better with age. Or at least thereâs more to it than the joy of an M&S non-iron school uniform.
