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Sandra Howard
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Publisher | Simon & Schuster | ||
ISBN | 9780743285568 | ||
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Jayne
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Synopsis
How do you deal with the end of a marriage when you are the partner who is left in the lurch? This is what happens to Ursula but, beyond the heartbreak, she must deal with the break up of the relationship being played out endlessly in the tabloids. Ursula's story opens on the day of her ex-husband William's wedding. The press are on the phone to her at six in the morning, asking her to share her innermost feelings. 'No comment', is all she can manage. Her three children, particularly the two youngest, cannot restrain their excitement. After all, it isn't every day that their father marries a government minister and the Prime Minister and half the Cabinet are invited. But Ursula, herself embarked on a shaky new affair with a local man, sees how hard their daughter Jessie has taken the shake-up. Her father's secret favourite, she has put up walls, closed doors. But are these defences strong enough to protect a ten-year-old child?
Review
Ursula's Story, I was intrigued, and wanted to read when I saw it on the cover of Simon & Schuster's Catalogue of books for this year, and I have had to wait until October to read it!
This is a brilliant book by Sandra Howard, and I see from the information about Sandra that it is her second novel. Well boy oh boy does Sandra know how to keep you in suspense from page one till the end. The twists and turns of the family deserted by the husband who is getting married for the a second time, to a government minister. This creates mega problems for his ex-wife and the children of his first marriage, but that is a little problem compared to what a village gossip starts to stir up.
But no, I will not tell you anymore except to say get a copy and curl up in the armchair in the winter months and read this exceptional novel.
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