Publisher's Synopsis
A fun, feelgood read... Reviewer
In 2017 Rhys inherits a Park from his Aunt Dot. On his first visit, he accidentally proposes marriage, flees the Press, and discovers that his legacy includes the care and dreams of a whole community. Will he and his lively girlfriend Anne live up to the challenge of the Park effect? An eventful family saga.When Dot Jacks inherits a 'public' park she begins a career that is to change the lives of the people of Chip Notting, providing unintended entertainment for them, and a social legacy to both haunt and taunt her heir. Rhys gradually discovers his inheritance includes decades of hostilities with the local Council, the dog Aunt Dot tried to sue, the dossers, the debts, and the wonderful community his Aunt had inspired. The story of the first year of Park ownership by Rhys, and outspoken girlfriend Anne, is strewn with lively characters, all of whom have a part to play in the ups and downs of love, business and the Park Effect that is Dot's true legacy.
