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Sisters and Husbands
On sale
18th July 2002
Price: £6.99
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Paperback / ISBN-13: 9780340770122
Beautiful Anna Lawrence, with a successful career in broadcasting and marriage to a wealthy man with a luxurious country home, has everything a thirty-two year old could wish for. Until she finds herself unexpectedly pregnant, too late to do anything about it. Her sister Becky longs for children but her husband, a struggling chef, has told her they have to put family life on hold for a few more years. Anna’s pregnancy uncovers fractures in the sisters’ relationship going back years, and the ramifications affect everyone in their lives.
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Reviews
Brilliant new novel . . . Few contemporary British novelists writing today explore the messy tangles of close human relationships with quite such warm perceptiveness as Brookfield
I savored every second of this deeply satisfying book. Amanda Brookfield goes from strength to strength. Her best yet. Treat yourself
The novel walks a line between comedy and wrenching sadness. It is fluently written and its depiction of domestic chaos and a man's bewilderment when unexpectedly faced with a young son's needs is all too recognisable
Brookfield draws her readers into identifying with her believable characters and their recognisable dilemmas, and then observes them with a cool, ironic humour . . . in the end, through her characters, Brookfield skilfully illuminates the relationships, dilemmas and compromises that define so many lives
I savored every second of this deeply satisfying book. Amanda Brookfield goes from strength to strength. Her best yet. Treat yourself
Superb in its minute observation
Witty and engaging
Brookfield has a true gift of narrative that draws the reader into the world she is painting... Unusually, she manages to make the reader care about the characters who are all realistic
Perceptive and very readable
Brookfield skilfully illuminates the relationships, dilemmas and compromises that define so many lifes