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Tackling everything from weddings to the weekly food shop, bestselling writer India Knight presents us with a highly entertaining collection of hints and tips of how to live well while spending less in The Thrift Book.

Feeling poor because of the credit crunch? Feeling guilty because of global warming? Feeling like you’d like to tighten your belt, but aren’t ready to embrace DIY macramé handbags?

No need to panic. Put down the economy mince and buy this book instead – it’s a blueprint for living beautifully, while saving money and easing your conscience. India Knight will show you:

• How to make wonderful dinners with every little money

• How to dress on a budget and still look fabulous

• How to make friends and start sharing with your neighbours

• How to holiday imaginatively – with barely a carbon footprint

Try it – you have nothing to lose but your overdraft.

‘A blueprint for living well, however broke you are, with thrifty tips on looking fab, cooking, pampering and partying’ Cosmopolitan

‘The Thrift Book might be the only surefire investment out there’ Harper’s Bazaar

‘A triumphant treat and a useful and sensible manual’ Independent

Sunday Times columnist India Knight is the author of three side-splitting novels, Comfort and Joy, My Life on a Plate and Don’t You Want Me?, Neris and India’s Idiot-Proof Diet and the accompanying cookbook – Neris and India’s Idiot-Proof Diet Cookbook – which are all available from Penguin. Follow India on Twitter or on her blog at http://indiaknight.tumblr.com.

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