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  • Paperback: 640 pages
  • Publisher: Headline Review (6 Nov 2006)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0755332644
  • ISBN-13: 978-0755332649
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.8 x 4.2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 60,424 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Forbidden Places is about love and marriage, families and secrets, and about wartime and what it does to every accepted social value. It is a story of three women and one family.

One is married and widowed within five years. She is free to start again. Or is she? The second has a perfect husband she thinks she loves. He becomes a grotesque parody of what he once was. Is that love real? The third becomes trapped in a nightmare marriage. Can the war free her?

About the Author
Penny Vincenzi began her career as a junior secretary for Vogue and Tatler . She later worked as Fashion and Beauty Editor on magazines such as Woman`s Own , before becoming a contributing editor for Cosmopolitan . She is the author of two humourous books and nine previous novels. Penny Vincenzi is married with four daughters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Back of the book does not do it justice!, 2 Sep 2002
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Not having read any books by Penny Vincenzi, I was not sure witch one to get first. So I decided on Forbidden Places and I am glad that I did. This was great book. All of Ms. Vincenzi's characters are rich and engaging. Even though the 600+ pages, Ms. Vincenzi keeps the action going and does not let the reader get bored. If you have never read Penny Vincenzi, try Forbidden Places I know you won't be disappointed!
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Riviting read!!, 14 April 1999
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This book really brings to life the war years for me. It covers the lives of 3 women during the war and the various problems they face. Their main problem being how they change through the war with the growing independance of women througout England. This is contested by their husbands who had obediant wives when they went to war and return to find strong and independant women in their place. It brings home to me how fortunate I am growing up as a young female in todays society.

A gripping novel that opens horizons and teaches us that we can be more than we are trained to be.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A 'can't-put-it-down' read!, 1 Jan 2002
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This is one of those books you simply can't put down once you've started. Fascinating story set in wartime England - so realistic, with wonderful insight into living at the time. Lots of twists. Only the end was disappointing.
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