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What happens when dementia, depressed dipsomania and downright dottiness decide to uproot from the UK and move to France together. Worried by the lack of care for her frail elderly mother in the UK, Tottie decides a new life elsewhere might be the answer. Sell the Pig is a travel tale with a twist, describing with alternating humour and poignancy how a somewhat dysfunctional family decide to uproot and move to rural France. Eccentric Tottie, her manic depressive alcoholic brother, their mother, whose dementia has given her an obsession with bums, and an equally elderly border collie, decide France's Auvergne is to be their new home. This is the story of what led them to make that journey.

It seemed like a good idea at the time. When British healthcare failed her ageing mother, eccentric writer Tottie decided to uproot her dysfunctional family and try again in France. But was France ready for her depressed dipsomaniac brother, her nearly nonogenarian mother who enjoyed saying “bum” and “bugger” and her elderly collie with a weak heart and his own blog? 'Is That Billinge Lump?' continues the saga which began with 'Sell the Pig'. With Tottie's candid style to tell a 'life in France tale' with a difference, you'll find chuckles and tears in equal measure. Did France live up to its reputation for excellence in healthcare? Did Tottie survive sharing living space with her unpredictable brother? There's only one way to find out ...

ottie and her eccentric family moved to France in search of a better life for her nearly nonogenarian mother who suffered from dementia. As her full-time carer, Tottie listened to daily recitations of her favourite saying: 'Mother, mother, it's a bugger, sell the pig and buy me out.” Catch up now with Tottie in the AM years – After Mother – as she starts her new life in the rural Livradois-Forez region of the Auvergne, living in Tottie's Grottage. Meet the local inhabitants, from exotic birds to colourful characters like the Bin Pickers, Library Lady and the Bowing Farmer. All are described with Tottie's familiar gently ironic humour. Discover the procedure behind the Frogification of Tottie, and if her bid for French nationality is successful.'Mother Was It Worth It?' was always going to be the concluding part of the Sell the Pig series, which began with 'Sell the Pig' and 'Is That Billinge Lump?' But then the trilogy keep growing.

In March 2007, Tottie left Britain to follow the dream of a new life in France for herself, her elderly mother and her damaged brother. Has the dream turned to a nightmare or is Tottie still happily living the quiet life in her little 'grottage' in the Auvergne region of central France? Come with Tottie now as she takes you on Tottie's Tours of the Auvergne. Enjoy the familiar ironic humour and keen eye for detail that will bring the landscape and the people to life for you. Be prepared to shed a tear as you say goodbye to some familiar characters. And find out how Tottie took to a life of crime once she retired from her work as a freelance copywriter. 'Biff the Useless Mention' is the fourth and concluding part of what started out as a trilogy, with 'Sell the Pig', 'Is That Billinge Lump?' and 'Mother Was It Worth It?'.Is this really the concluding part of the 'Sell the Pig' series/ Or could the trilogy keep on growing'Mother, mother, it's a bugger, sell the pig and buy me out'.

'I doubt my life has any vast sea changes ahead,' Tottie wrote in Book 4 of the Sell the Pig travel memoirs series. Biff the Useless Mention was intended to be the end of the extended trilogy. But then, one day, a big grey wolf DID come out of the forest. Things were about to change dramatically for Tottie following a phone call. Her quiet and peaceful life in the Auvergne was going to be shaken up. Will Tottie's familiar ironic humour help her through the difficulties facing her? As with all her exploits, Tottie leads you by the hand with a frankness and candour that will make you laugh and move you to tears in this, definitely the last, of the Sell the Pig series. 'Mother, mother, it's a bugger, sell the pig and buy me out.'

'Trot on!' is a familiar phrase to riding instructors everywhere. Why not adjust your stirrups, shorten your reins and join Tottie Limejuice, author of the popular Sell the Pig series of travel memoirs, as she takes you on a ride through more of her adventures.