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Merrion Palmer has been Judge Guy Stockdale's mistress for the last seven years and his wife and two grown-up sons know absolutely nothing about her.Up until now, Guy and Merrion have enjoyed a blissfully, uncomplicated relationship in stolen moments in Merrion's flat, and to the rest of the world, Guy has played the part of model husband, father and grandfather. But now the time has come for things to change.Guy has become conscious of wasted years and he wants to share his relationship with Merrion with the world.He wants, dammit, to marry her.Yet he is quite unprepared for the storm that will follow ...
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LibraryThing member mooknits
Total rubbish I am afraid. I read this as part of a book club or I would never had chosen it and I was right. It was badly written, not interesting in the slightest and a total waste of my time to read. The only character that I felt any empathy towards was Jack the teenage boy. The rest of the
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characters were dull and poorly written. My advice don't read it. Show Less
LibraryThing member landofashes
Joanna Trollope is a writer who engages the reader on every page. Her characters are human, believable, sometimes infuriating, often enchanting. A woman who understands a woman's view of the world
LibraryThing member baswood
Guy a 60 something judge decides to marry his mistress of seven years. She is over 30years his juniour and he is a grandfather three times over. A well written fast paced novel that is very good of its kind. It explores family relationships where someone rocks the boat in a big way. Everyone
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behaves fairly decently and characters in the end show much wisdom; too much perhaps. The book deals well with emotions,when dealing with unexpected events within the family, everyone has a view and people get involved to a greater or lesser extent. I found myself involved with the story and could relate easily to the difficult choices that some of the characters faced,.However no one is starving and, no one has a life changing experience. Just a story of middle class people facing issues that are probably all to common. Not ground breaking stuff then but enjoyable all the same. Comfort reading. Show Less
LibraryThing member nyiper
I am reading Trollope's books, one right after the other, as fast as I can find them---I am totally addicted to her writing style. I read a couple of her books a few years ago but was drawn back to them on a relatives's recommendation about the book she was reading and now, I am totally hooked (and
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ALSO, worried about finding another author like her.....when I have read all of her books!!!). You can "see" her characters as they talk and think and behave and feel, both alone and with each other. Her stories are, of course, about human relationships but there are always complications that she writes about....beautifully. I am amazed with how many characters she has developed over the years---so different!!! Show Less
Awards
The Economist Best Books (2000.35)