Fern visits book club today

Fern Britton, the charismatic television presenter, and recently a

contestant, makes her debut at The Watermill Book Club today (Wednesday) with her witty new novel The Holiday Home. Fern is best known for co-presenting

, ITV’s flagship programme, with Philip Schofield, with whom she also co-hosted

. In 2009 she presented

in which she interviewed high-profile figures, including Archbishop Desmond Tutu. The Holiday Home is set in Atlantic House, the Cornish jewel in the Carew family crown for centuries. Each year, the Carew sisters, as different as vinegar is to honey, make it their summer holiday home. Prudence, hard-nosed businesswoman, married to the meek and mild Francis, is about to get a shock reminder that you should never take anything for granted. Constance, homemaker and loving wife to philandering husband Greg, has always been out-manoeuvred by her manipulative sibling. When an old face reappears and a long-buried secret is revealed Constance and Pru feuding takes on a new edge.