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Other People's Childrena poignant story of marriage, divorce - and stepchildren from one of Britain’s best loved authors, Joanna Trollope
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Readers of Erica James, Elizabeth Noble and Amanda Prowse will love this wonderfully thought-provoking and moving novel of family dynamics from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. It really is Trollope at her very best.
'A gripping read - as shrewdly observant of psychological and domestic detail as anything she has written' -- Daily Telegraph
'Wonderfully and compulsively readable... She can be as subtle as Austen, as sharp as Bronte. Trollope's brilliant' -- Mail on Sunday
'Trollope has shown herself capable of such emotional depth, that although you turn the pages quickly, it is with trembling fingers' -- The Times
'One of the very best stories I've ever read' -- ***** Reader review
'Superb' -- ***** Reader review
'A compulsive read' -- ***** Reader review
'I loved every moment of this book' -- ***** Reader review
'Couldn't put it down...' -- ***** Reader review
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TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE A FAMILY
For eight-year-old Rufus life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths.
But now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. What's even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew's three teenagers, who have been conditioned by their mother Nadine to hate his mother Josie.
Matthew's children come to their father for weekends and make it clear how much they loathe Josie. Rufus secretly prefers to be with his father, in his peaceful flat in Bath, where he realises that he doesn't actually hate the idea of a stepmother, if she is peaceful and sane like Elizabeth.
But where other people's children are concerned, neat solutions seldom occur ...
'A gripping read - as shrewdly observant of psychological and domestic detail as anything she has written' -- Daily Telegraph
'Wonderfully and compulsively readable... She can be as subtle as Austen, as sharp as Bronte. Trollope's brilliant' -- Mail on Sunday
'Trollope has shown herself capable of such emotional depth, that although you turn the pages quickly, it is with trembling fingers' -- The Times
'One of the very best stories I've ever read' -- ***** Reader review
'Superb' -- ***** Reader review
'A compulsive read' -- ***** Reader review
'I loved every moment of this book' -- ***** Reader review
'Couldn't put it down...' -- ***** Reader review
*******************************************************************
TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE A FAMILY
For eight-year-old Rufus life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths.
But now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. What's even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew's three teenagers, who have been conditioned by their mother Nadine to hate his mother Josie.
Matthew's children come to their father for weekends and make it clear how much they loathe Josie. Rufus secretly prefers to be with his father, in his peaceful flat in Bath, where he realises that he doesn't actually hate the idea of a stepmother, if she is peaceful and sane like Elizabeth.
But where other people's children are concerned, neat solutions seldom occur ...
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Author: Joanna Trollope (all their books in stock)
Format: Paperback
Published: 1999
Pages: 319
Publisher: Black Swan
ISBN: 9780552997881
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