A Friend of the Family
The addictive and emotionally satisfying page-turner that will have you hooked
Author: Lisa Jewell
Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend. Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points. The Londons also have a new lodger a mysterious rockabilly called Gervase. Will he turn out to be a friend or foe to the family?
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Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend. Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points. The Londons also have a new lodger a mysterious rockabilly called Gervase. Will he turn out to be a friend or foe to the family?
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Sophisticated new reissue of the bestseller's romantic, funny story about three brothers at a turning pointMeet the Londons, a family in need of a friend ...Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points-Newly divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he really shouldn't; prize-winning novelist Sean's got a hot new girlfriend and a dose of writer's block; and Ned's just back from Australia, without the girl he took with him - or a clue what he's going to do with his life.If that wasn't enough for one household, the Londons also have a new lodger - a mysterious rockabilly called Gervase. Will he turn out to be a friend - or foe - to the family?
Critic Reviews
This book shows Jewell coming into her prime - both funny and emotionally satisfying The Times
Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient Sunday Times
A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet Heat
Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction Glamour
The perfect summer read Marie Claire
Jewell's light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It's a lot of fun Daily Mail
This novel will make you feel warm inside New Woman
Praise for Lisa Jewell -
Addictively readable The Times
A joy . . . a fun summer read Guardian
The best romantic comedy we've read in ages Company
Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun Sunday Express
A triumph Hello
Top marks. Fantastic Heat
Lovely Daily Telegraph
Moving and intelligent Independent
Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners Cosmopolitan
Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into Sunday Telegraph
About the Author
Lisa Jewell is the Sunday Times bestselling author of sixteen books, including her most recent novel, the Sunday Times bestseller Watching You. She lives in London with her husband and two children.
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