Young Wives´ Tales
Pocketbok. Penguin Books Ltd. 2008. 577 sidor.
Mycket gott skick. Lucy stole her friend Rose’s ‘happily ever after’ because she wanted Rose’s husband and Lucy always gets what she wants. Big mistake. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress. BUT: As Peter’s interest diminishes and Lucy’s domestic responsibilities increase, Lucy wonders if the ‘happily ever after’ is all a big con. Without a maternal bone in her body she’s always playing catch-up in a game where she doesn’t know the rules and can’t understand what there is to win anyway. Rose is a devoted single mum: she fills her life with labeling school uniforms, organic vegetables and car runs for extracurricular activities. She’s an exemplary mother but the boys seem to need her less and less and without them she wonders what she amounts to. Her friends are concerned that her life is devoid of passion, romance or ven plans for the future. They both envy Connie, who is happily married and is 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 of these women need more than blind belief to negotiate their way through modern life. Things can only get better...or worse. Or better?
Förlagsfakta
- ISBN
- 9780141035529
- Titel
- Young Wives´ Tales
- Författare
- Adele Parks
- Förlag
- Penguin Books Ltd.
- Utgivningsår
- 2008
- Omfång
- 577 sidor
- Bandtyp
- Mått
- 110 x 176 mm Ryggbredd 35 mm
- Vikt
- 295 g
- Språk
- English
- Baksidestext
- Shortlisted for the Romantic Novel of the Year Award 2008.
Lucy stole her friend Rose's "happily ever after" because she wanted Rose's husband, Peter, and Lucy always gets what she wants. Big mistake. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress.
Connie - best friend to both Lucy and Rose - is stuck in the middle. She's got Lucy's worries about being wife, mother and career bitch in one ear and Rose's struggle at being a plain old single mum in the other. But Connie has her own troubles: she's just got the hang of family life when an old flame pops up to rekindle a bit of passion - on the side.
For Rose, Lucy and Connie - young wives all - it looks like there's a few more twists in the marriage tale still to come...
