The characters are believable and lovable, and you can't help rooting for the hapless heroine. Perfect summer reading. 4 stars

In Carmen Miller, Rebecca Farnworth has created a character we'd happily call our friend. 4 stars

This is one of the best light reads I've come across for a very long time, and a must read for holiday or just day to day escapism. It's laced with genuine laugh out loud moments...The story is compelling, light but also with a slightly melancholy underbelly creating an engagement with the reader that surpassed my expectations and made this one of my top summer reads of 2010 so far

A well written book with much humour concerning a topic that most women will easily identify with

I loved this.

Farnworth's second novel...is even more accomplished and funny than her wonderfully warm debut. She's a master at both plot and character

Farnworth tackles some heavy subjects while throwing in sharp humour and believable relationships to make this the perfect read for women who like it real and riotous.

Very witty with some fabulous one-liners, beautifully well-written and emotionally insightful - definitely worth a read

The Escape is an utterly glorious piece of work...Thirlwell has with this superb book also staked a rightful claim as a literary phenomenon

Thirwell's novel elegantly portrays the ageing Haffner's thrilling attempts to escape from lovers, the mafia, his family and himself

The writing is polished and full of allusions

Brilliant

An enjoyably black and bracingly unsentimental novel

Brilliant black comedy