- Laurie Graham

The Future Homemakers of America

By Laurie Graham

Filled with warmth, wit and wisdom, The Future Homemakers of America takes us to the heart of female friendship. A novel fans of DIVINE SECRETS OF THE YA-YA SISTERHOOD will not be able to resist.

Norfolk,1953. The Fens have never seen anything quite like the girls from USAF Drampton. Overpaid, oversexed and over here. And every one of them a graduate of Future Homemakers of America.

For five American Airforce wives, waiting eagerly, or in some cases, not so eagerly, for their husbands to return safely to base after a busy day keeping the Russians at bay, there is little to do apart from make chicken pot pie and watch the new Queen get ‘coronated.’

No surprise then, when one or two of them dare to look beyond the safety of the perimeter fence for a little excitement with the natives. In the freezing Fens they meet Kath Pharaoh, a reticent, but proud Englishwoman. Bonds are forged, uniting the Americans and Kath in a friendship that will endure distant postings and the passage of time.

This funny and moving novel charts their progress, through the years, as they discover that finely-honed domestic skills alone don’t equip a woman for life.

Author: Laurie Graham
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 02 Jul 2001
Pages: 400
ISBN: 978-1-84115-312-4
Laurie Graham is the author of eight novels. The Ten O'Clock Horses, was shortlisted for the Encore Award and dramatized for Radio 4, as was Perfect Meringues. Later titles are The Dress Circle, Dog Days, Glenn Miller Nights, The Future Homemakers of America, The Unfortunates, and most recently, Mr Starlight.Laurie is a former Daily Telegraph columnist and contributing editor to SHE magazine, and wrote the best-selling Parents' Survival Guide. In addition to her novels she writes original dramas and adaptations for BBC Radio. Her ten episode dramatization of Little Women can be heard on Woman's Hour starting August 2nd 2004.Born and raised in Leicester, Laurie now lives in Venice with her American husband.Related websites: www.lauriegraham.com

'The Future Homemakers of America is a warm, life-affirming novel that offers its readers pure pleasure.' The Times -

'This is an absorbing, funny, lively and sometimes moving story.' Sunday Times -