- Hardcover: 416 pages
- Publisher: Hutchinson; First Edition edition (28 Aug 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0091793483
- ISBN-13: 978-0091793487
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (58 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 920,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Times Literary Supplement 12th September 2003
'. [Douglas's] impressive acheivement is his narrator Sally, whose turbulent emotions he conveys with an unusual depth of understanding'
The Times (Culture) 19th October 2003
'It is an exceptionally powerful study of motherhood as nightmare, and a first-rate court-room thriller.'
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15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I thought this book was excellent....I stayed up till 2am to finish it (a rare thing indeed being the mother of two small early rising children.) This book IS about post natal depression, but not just that...i'ts also about relationships, the fact that Sally had given up everything to live in a foriegn country....finding a home, job, friends, all while pregnant and in a very short space of time. I won't spoil it for anyone but if you have kids, suffered PND, then read this book!! Reading a good book for me is entertaining, makes the time pass and stops me doing housework. This book is all that and more! Plus, who cares if things aren't 100% accurate? (aka the breastfeeding incident mentioned by a reviewer) great writers are just that.....making great works of fiction, not fact!
26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Having read Kennedy's previous book, The Persuit of Happiness, in around 3 days I decided to give this one a go too and see if it was as good as I hoped. I was not dissapointed, although it is a little heavy going in the beginning, half way through the book there is a excellent twist and had me gripped all the way to the end. It was an excellent follow up to his previous work, I read this one in 2 days! Definitley recommend it!!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
If you had told me before I started reading this book that it was about a woman suffering from post natal depression I would not have even started to read it. But I am really glad I did as once started it is impossible to put down.
How a male author can convey the feelings of a woman in this situation is amazing, and only a woman can say whether it is convincing, but it certainly had me hooked.
Thank you for one of the best reads I have ever had.
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A Special Relationship
One of the best books i have read in a long time. Couldn't put it down. Now part of the reading group I belong to. it's going round very quick.
Published 4 months ago by Lindy
A Very Feminine Thriller
Kennedy's second novel told from a woman's point of view is as strong as his first with a female narrator, 'The Pursuit of Happiness'. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kate Hopkins
Worth mentioning
For everyone who enjoyed this book, or had sympathy with Sally, I think it's important to point out that this government are about to remove legal aid for cases like Sally's,... Read more
Published 8 months ago by lucyh
Not sure I should have liked it, but somehow I did
This is the first Kennedy novel I've read and I really don't know whether or not I would read another. Somehow it has kept me reading, but in a somewhat uncomfortable way. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Woolfwriter
Another disappointing Kennedy...
I thought I had read the worse of Douglas Kennedy in Leaving The World, but he managed to surprise me with this one... as it could well be even worse! Read more
Published 12 months ago by Antoine London
Disappointing
This is a disappointing book compared with his others. Perhaps he should stop trying to write as a woman. The characters are also one-dimensional and stereotypical. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Geoff Buck
Uneven, irrelevant & poorly researched - less than one star
This book came up in our Reading Group, otherwise I would not have gone beyond the first few pages. It's a poorly organised grouping of Wikipedia information which the author has... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Marstefis
Big Disappointment...
If this had been the first book of Douglas Kennedy i had read I would not have read another!
I have read three of his previous books but to say this was disappointing is an... Read more
I have read three of his previous books but to say this was disappointing is an... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Mrs Bookworm
Fantastic gripping read
I have become a great fan of Douglas Kennedy. His books are all so different, what an imagination this man has. This book however is his best so far. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Trisha Trove
Enthralling read!
This is the 3rd Douglas Kennedy book I have read - brilliantly written and one you cannot put down. I was on holiday and found myself reading for 3-4 hours at a time as I just... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Mrs. Susan E. Fryer
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