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Adele Parks
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Publisher | Penguin | ||
ISBN | 9780718152192 | ||
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Jayne
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Synopsis
Lucy stole Rose's 'happily ever after' because she wanted Rose's husband, Peter. But as Peter's interest diminishes and Lucy's domestic responsibilities increase, Lucy wonders if the 'happily ever after' is all a big con. Rose is now a devoted single mum but her twin boys seem to need her less and less and without them she wonders what she amounts to. They both envy Connie, who is happily married and effortlessly balancing two kids with a fulfilling career until, that is, a dangerous old flame flickers back into view at the school gates and threatens her marriage ...All three women need more than blind belief to negotiate their way through modern life. Things can only get better ...or worse. Or better?
Review
Young Wives Tales was the first of Adele Park's books to be printed in hardback in April 2007. This is yet another of her fascinating stories of a group of young wives who meet not only at the school gate but also in their work places.
Rose the key charactor opens the story on the first day of a new term at school. She feels she has done a really good job of keeping her children stable after the breakup of her marriage, where her husband went off with some one else and the problems that entales.
Each charactor has their say about the life and how they intertwine with each other in a separate chapter. This is a fun way to read a book and Adele has done this with many of the books she has written. I loved to read how each charactor perceives their part in an incident or where they fit into the overall picture and how sometimes they try to intervene and help another to do something different!
I thougherely enjoyed this book, yet another hit from Adele and I am looking forward to her next book due out in the next few months.
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