Summary
Nancy de Freitas is the glue that holds her family together. Caught between her ageing, ailing mother Frances, and her struggling daughter Louise, frequent user of Nancy’s babysitting services, it seems Nancy’s fate is to quietly go on shouldering the burden of responsibility for all four generations. Her divorce four years ago put paid to any thoughts of a partner to share her later years with. Now it looks like her family is all she has.
Then she meets Jim. Smoker, drinker, unsucces…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784294144 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784294144 |
| Author: | Hilary Boyd |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | Quercus Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 432 |
| Release Date: | 27 February 2017 |
| Weight: | 300g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 30mm |
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Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes
Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes - Daily Mail
Poignant, well-observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heartstring-puller - Closer (on Tangled Lives)A smart emotional drama, you will race through this - Daily Mirror (on A Most Desirable Marriage)About The Author
Hilary Boyd
Hilary Boyd trained as a nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, then as a marriage guidance counselor. After a degree in English Literature at London University in her thirties, she moved into health journalism, writing a Mind, Body, Spirit column for the Daily Express. She published six non-fiction books on health-related subjects before turning to fiction and writing a string of bestsellers, starting with Thursdays in the Park. Hilary is married to film director/producer Don Boyd.
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