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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. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie''s friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame. Based on the true story of eleven WI 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 SundayDazzlingly funny, shamele

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Calendar Girls

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      Publisher Samuel French Ltd
      Published 1 April 2010
      ISBN-13 9780573110672
      978-0573110672
      ISBN-10 0573110670
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      Book Synopsis
      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. The calendar is a success, but Chris and Annie''s friendship is put to the test under the strain of their new-found fame. Based on the true story of eleven WI 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 SundayDazzlingly funny, shamele

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

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