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A Special Relationship [Paperback]

Douglas Kennedy
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Book Description

5 Aug 2004

Sally Goodchild is everything you'd expect of a thirty-seven year old American journalist - independent, strong-willed and ambitious. That is until she meets Tony Hobbs, an English foreign correspondent, on assignment in Cairo. After a passionate but uneasy romance, Sally's life is turned upside down when she unexpectedly finds herself married, pregnant and living in London.

Married life in a foreign place is a far bigger adjustment than Sally and Tony could ever have imagined - and as their lives shift from freedom and adventure to responsibility and hard work, everyday problems soon spiral into nightmares. After the birth of their son, Sally finds herself trapped in a downward spiral of post-natal depression over which she has little control, whilst Tony's life returns to relative normality. Filled with resentment and unable to cope with the cards life has dealt her, Sally is shocked when the man she trusted above all others turns against her. As her world begins to fall down around her, Sally quickly realises she must fight before she loses everything.

In this authentic and compelling novel, Kennedy explores the misunderstandings that can occur when two people speak the same language but miss all the vital signs.

(20031017)

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  • Paperback: 512 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow; New Ed edition (5 Aug 2004)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0099415380
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099415381
  • Product Dimensions: 13 x 3.2 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (69 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 14,267 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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"As it gathered pace... I found my heart beating faster. I cannot remember a more compulsive book... I am bowled over by the art of the novelist" (Daily Telegraph 20040719)

"Kennedy knows how to keep the pages turning...A pacy, absorbing and intelligent story" (Elizabeth Buchan, The Times 20040719)

"Excellent ... The pace is thriller-like, so cancel all engagements for the duration" (Good Housekeeping 20040719)

"Writing in the first person as a woman, [Kennedy] pulls off a bold imaginative transformation that I find enthralling and persuasive" (Jonathan Raban 20040719)

"His impressive achievement is... his narrator Sally, whose turbulent emotions he conveys with an unusual depth of understanding" (Times Literary Supplement )

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The critically acclaimed bestseller from the number one bestselling author of Five Days, The Moment and The Pursuit of Happiness. This bestselling novel is a compelling exploration of post-natal depression. (20031017)

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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars If you're a man, don't bother! 31 May 2006
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!
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars An impressive piece of work 21 Sep 2005
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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26 of 27 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Gripping read! 8 Sep 2003
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!!
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