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A combination of overwork and jet-lag propels Julia Fairfax into becoming engaged to a golf-playing wine buff called Oscar. When she realises that she has fonder feelings for his Labrador than for Oscar himself, she is forced to confront the fact that there is something drastically wrong. Ditching her fiancé and job, Julia decides to revolutionise her life, and her new job as cook on a narrow boat is certainly a change...