Author:John Updike
When the three witches - now old, remarried and widowed - decide to go back to Eastwick to spend a summer together, many things have changed. Darryl Van Horne is gone. Their husbands and lovers have gone. The lithe and supple bodies with which they wrecked marriages and wreaked havoc many years before have gone - and have been replaced with the quiet aches and encumbrances of age. But a chemistry still crackles between the three and magic still lingers in the Eastwick air, and soon it becomes clear that there are those around them who remember them, and wish them ill.
The Widows of Eastwick takes the mischief and enchantment of The Witches of Eastwick and reshapes it in a new emotional landscape, resulting in a sensitive study of the passing of youth and a darkly funny novel that shines with luminous sexual reminiscences and satirical observations about modern America.
It stands as one of Robert Louis Stevenson's most compelling works - it was one of the author's favourites, and his affection for his central characters is unmistakable - and is a novel you want to press on people, knowing they'll love it
—— Ian Rankin , GuardianGenerations of readers have been enthralled by his tale of the gauche young David, orphaned at 17, who is plunged into a life of danger and excitement... His rescue by the daredevil Jacobite Alan Breck Stewart, their bloody battle with the crew of the Covenant and shipwreck on rocks off the west coast isle of Earraid are among the most exciting scenes penned by a Scots author
—— Daily MailAnyone who has read Kidnapped knows that Robert Louis Stevenson was a marvellously powerful storyteller as well as a great stylist
—— Daily TelegraphIt's a pacy, twisting story that appeals to all ages and across classes and cultures. It's a tale of friendship in adversity, and a coming-of-age story
—— Ian Rankin , GuardianThis really inspired me. I read it when I was young but still think it’s great. Forget the Booker Prize, storytelling is what I love and this is storytelling at its best
—— M. C. Beaton , Daily ExpressPopular fiction at its glorious best: a loveable heroine, page after page of bellylaughs and the enormous comfort of knowing that us out-of-control shoppers are not alone
—— Sunday IndependentSophie Kinsella's likeable characters and her keen eye for the absurd make this book hugely enjoyable
—— Waterstones Books QuarterlyGeorgie is a lively, intensely sympathetic narrator ... brimming with warmth and busyness
—— GuardianMarina Lewycka is an instantly likeable writer, funny, intelligent and refreshingly generous in her assessments of people and their motivations. She writes about modern life so well. An extremely enjoyable read
—— New StatesmanUplifting. Lewycka's style is so appealing, so friendly
—— Sunday TimesA truly engaging and funny book
—— WomanLewycka is a good, serious writer with a strong, original voice
—— Sunday TelegraphA very funny and touching story of a friendship and a mystery unravelled
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