Author:Alison Jameson
Hope and Larry marry on a whim. They are twenty-two and crazy for each other. What Larry doesn't know is that behind her bohemian spirit and off-beat humour, Hope hides a secret. What Hope doesn't know is that secrets tear people apart ...
The only person Hope confides in is New Yorker Matilda, an internet friend who says the right things and Hope has grown to trust. After she and Larry break up, Hope knows Matilda will be there for her no matter what.
Hope never really gives up on Larry and when she hears he has disappeared in New York, she drops everything and goes to look for him. And, despairing at ever finding him, she turns to Matilda.
But Matilda online and Matilda in real life are two very different people. And Hope is about to find out that what you hide about yourself – from friends and from lovers - can have unforeseen consequences ...
A thoughtful, sensitive work on the nature of love
—— IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAYOffbeat and wry
—— SUNDAY TIMESWry and sharp insights ... kept me gripped
—— IRISH INDEPENDENTFunny and sweet - a great book
—— SUNDAY TRIBUNEJean Plaidy's books are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history
—— Daily ExpressPlaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama
—— New York TimesIf this exquisitely written, funny, touching finale doesn't actually win something, then there's no justice
—— John Harding , Daily MailWoodward's novels rise far above the ordinary. His characters are wonderfully complex and rich
—— Daily TelegraphIt is Woodward's special ability to extract even from these grim beginnings some grounds for hope, and , indeed, some comic potential
—— David Horspool , Times Literary SupplementAssured and accomplished
—— Allan Massie , ScotsmanAbove all an unsentimental tribute to family
—— Catherine Taylor , Independent on SundayWoodward wonderfully depicts the ignominies of old age and bereavement
—— IndependentQuite brilliant ... the writing is scintillatingly good at times, working up to vivid and hilarious scenes ... a book that alerts you to the whole beautiful absurdity of life
—— Jonathan Gibbs , Metro