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The Leo Effect: A hilarious family drama
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781739232443
Publisher: Jane Bailey
Published: Jul 21 2026
Pages: 368
Weight: 0.84
Height: 0.82 Width: 5.25 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
For fans of Maeve Binchy, Erica James and Joanna Trollope this is a funny, fast-paced, family tale full of insight and compassion.
Colin's approaching his 50th birthday and he just wants everyone he loves to be happy. His wife, Rosie, to relax and enjoy the garden she adores; his mum to adapt to being on her own with his support; his daughter, Holly, to work hard and his son, Jake, to set Holly a good example. And he doesn't want to talk about Ellie.
It's all going well until his brother, Leo, turns up unexpectedly from America, with a woman he's just met in Madison airport and suddenly everyone is behaving strangely.
Colin struggles to hold it all together as his brother wreaks havoc and his once staid, orderly, life is turned upside down. As they embark on a family holiday in Norfolk, comedy and pathos weave together; family secrets are revealed and Colin must face the night he wants to forget.
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