A Tangled Summer by Caroline Kington

For a humorous and intriguing summer read, forget the beach: head for the country.
Tangled perfectly describes the lives of the Tucker family: Jenny, who knits and dreams, stage-struck Stephen, scheming Charlie and studious Alison, longing for freedom. Ruling them is wily Grandma and Nemesis, Elsie with ultimatums and secrets of her own. As if that isn’t enough, their home, Marsh Farm, is threatened. Will the Tuckers pull themselves together and save it? More importantly, will they save themselves? This entertaining tale is a ‘Cold Comfort Farm’ for the twenty-first century and there’s plenty of comfort – and joy in that.