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Under My Skin
Under My Skin
Jul 26, 2025 6:00 PM

Author:Alison Jameson

Under My Skin

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 ...

Reviews

A thoughtful, sensitive work on the nature of love

—— IRISH MAIL ON SUNDAY

Offbeat and wry

—— SUNDAY TIMES

Wry and sharp insights ... kept me gripped

—— IRISH INDEPENDENT

Funny and sweet - a great book

—— SUNDAY TRIBUNE

Jean Plaidy's books are a celebration of women's spirit throughout history

—— Daily Express

Plaidy excels at blending history with romance and drama

—— New York Times

If this exquisitely written, funny, touching finale doesn't actually win something, then there's no justice

—— John Harding , Daily Mail

Woodward's novels rise far above the ordinary. His characters are wonderfully complex and rich

—— Daily Telegraph

It 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 Supplement

Assured and accomplished

—— Allan Massie , Scotsman

Above all an unsentimental tribute to family

—— Catherine Taylor , Independent on Sunday

Woodward wonderfully depicts the ignominies of old age and bereavement

—— Independent

Quite 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
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