Buy New

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
or
Amazon Prime free trial required. Sign up when you check out. Learn more
Buy Used
Used - Good See details
Price: £1.05

or
Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering.
 
   
More Buying Choices
Have one to sell? Sell yours here
Crossing the Paradise Line
 
 
Tell the Publisher!
I’d like to read this book on Kindle

Don't have a Kindle? Get your Kindle here, or download a FREE Kindle Reading App.

Crossing the Paradise Line [Paperback]

Annabel Giles
3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
RRP: £6.99
Price: £6.29 & this item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions
You Save: £0.70 (10%)
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
In stock.
Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk. Gift-wrap available.
Only 1 left in stock--order soon (more on the way).
Want guaranteed delivery by Wednesday, May 30? Choose Express delivery at checkout. See Details

Formats

Amazon Price New from Used from
Paperback £6.29  
Amazon.co.uk Trade-In Store
Did you know you can trade in your old books for an Amazon.co.uk Gift Card to spend on the things you want? Plus, get an extra £5 Gift Certificate when you trade in books worth £10 or more before June 30, 2012. Visit the Books Trade-In Store for more details.

Frequently Bought Together

Customers buy this book with Birthday Girls £6.29

Crossing the Paradise Line + Birthday Girls
Price For Both: £12.58

Show availability and delivery details

  • This item: Crossing the Paradise Line

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions

  • Birthday Girls

    In stock.
    Dispatched from and sold by Amazon.co.uk.
    This item Delivered FREE in the UK with Super Saver Delivery. See details and conditions


Customers Who Viewed This Item Also Viewed


Product details

  • Paperback: 416 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin; First Edition edition (3 July 2003)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0141005696
  • ISBN-13: 978-0141005690
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 679,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Annabel Giles
Discover books, learn about writers, and more.

Visit Amazon's Annabel Giles Page

Product Description

Product Description

A holiday in the sun with your family - just what you want, or the last thing you need?

For single parent Tessa, it's going to be a perfect time for some much-needed mother-daughter bonding. And you never know, she might even get a holiday romance out of it. Yeah, right.

For Felicity, glamorous career woman, absentee mother and distracted wife, it's going to be an endurance test, especially as her husband Cliff's ghastly family have come too.

For the staff at the resort, it looks like justanother boring fortnight in paradise.

But then disaster strikes and everyone is stranded on the island. And that's when things really start to get interesting...

About the Author

Annabel Giles is a TV and radio personality and bestselling author. She has appeared on many different shows including THIS MORNING, SHOOTING STARS, LOOSE ENDS and JUST A MINUTE. She wrote and produced a sell-out show at the Edinburgh Festival, LOOKING FOR MR GILES. She has two children and lives in Chiswick, London. This is her second novel.

Inside This Book (Learn More)
First Sentence
The TV is on. Read the first page
Explore More
Concordance
Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Back Cover
Search inside this book:

Suggested Tags from Similar Products

 (What's this?)
Be the first one to add a relevant tag (keyword that's strongly related to this product)
 

Your tags: Add your first tag
 

Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store

If you are a publisher or author and hold the digital rights to a book, you can sell a digital version of it in our Kindle Store. Learn more

What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?


Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A wonderful novel written with great humour, the perfect book to take on holiday with you.
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Mediocre read 18 Aug 2003
By Lia
Format:Paperback
I read this latest offering having been a big fan of 'Birthday Girls' which was given to me as a present earlier this year and I found much more enjoyable. Vaguely unbelievable characters and little depth, this was a mediocre read. Ok for easy reading on the beach as it chugs along reasonably but definitely not one that you have to read in one sitting. Try birthday girls for a bit more of an inspiring read - albeit still requiring a temporary suspension of disbelief!
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Trite and boring 15 Nov 2006
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I bought this book after having thoroughly enjoyed Giles's two other offerings (Birthday Girls & Charlotte Small)........and sadly I was very disappointed. The action takes place in a supposedly upmarket holiday retreat on an unspecified european island, yet the pained dialogue limps and meanders meaninglessly, much of it reading like a VERY bad script from a "Hi De Hi" type television series.

Nothing convinced.............the holiday accommodation was badly drawn and could never quite make up it's mind if it was an upper class hotel with all facilities or a Bargain Butlins Break Skeggy-style!

The characters were all 2 dimensional stereotypes and all as dull as ditchwater. I kept hoping that things would get better in Part 2 of the book (when due to a bizarre and totally unbelievable series of events the happy campers end up marooned in the resort). Great, I thought, now all these cardboard people will bloom and develop along with the plot...........didn't happen..........everyone carried on having dull, trite conversations with their dull, trite lovers/mothers/brother/friends right down to the very last page.

I felt this was a book ground out through gritted teeth simply to meet a publishers contract and deadline - normally Giles writes with her own authentic voice, but that voice was missing in this one.

I have a sanctity thing about books - always choosing to keep them for repeat reading or sharing good books with friends and acquaintances (we live in France so English language books are a luxury) but this one is going on the bonfire, I wouldn't re-read it myself and wouldn't insult any one I know by lending it to them!
Comment | 
Was this review helpful to you?
Most Recent Customer Reviews
When crisis strikes, chaos will reign...
I picked this up on a whim over the summer for a bit of light holiday reading - but naturally, got sidetracked by other books and ended up reading it in blustery November! Read more
Published 18 months ago by Miss E. Potten
I am really unsure.....
Having never read any of Annabel Giles work and having been given this by a friend I decided to give it a go. Read more
Published on 16 Dec 2009 by Best Books To Read
An average read.
Started off promisingly and seemed to be a fairly good send up of all-inclusive style holidays. However, I thought further on into the book that the story was a bit pointless and... Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2003 by bijsterbjo
An intelligent and entertaining read...
The author manages to bring her characters to life and keep them real at the same time. A book about ordinary people who find themselves in extraordinary circumstances -the stuff... Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2003
Holiday from Hell?????
A plot with a difference. Could not put the book down. However, its a little confusing with all the characters trying to remember who was who but the story is so different that... Read more
Published on 15 Aug 2003
Beach Fun
A great beach read, very funny and touching at the same time. Beats most of the books i have read this summer A lively read and a great way to while away some sun tanning moments. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2003 by Emma H
Even my husband enjoyed it
Fab holls, made better by fab books of which this took first prize, a great read from cover to cover. Even my husband admitted enjoying it despite the 'girly cover'!
Published on 14 Aug 2003 by A. Drew
A Huge Laugh
Such a laugh, and at times just a little closer to my own real life holiday experiences than is comfortable! I read it in 2 days and would read it again given the time. Read more
Published on 14 Aug 2003 by Miss B.
Search Customer Reviews
Only search this product's reviews

Customer Discussions

This product's forum
Discussion Replies Latest Post
No discussions yet

Ask questions, Share opinions, Gain insight
Start a new discussion
Topic:
First post:
Prompts for sign-in
 


Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
Search all Amazon discussions
   
Related forums


Listmania!


Look for similar items by category


Look for similar items by subject


Feedback


Amazon.co.uk Privacy Statement Amazon.co.uk Delivery Information Amazon.co.uk Returns & Exchanges