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'Compulsively addictive' Elle"Another gloriously girlie read from Parks' Heat'
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'When it comes to fiction reflecting feminine issues, Adele Parks has her finger on the pulse'
(Glamour )'Wonderfully plotted, moving and insightful...shot through with funny, tender and observant moments'
(Daily Mail )'Full of emotional set-pieces and real insight into relationships between men and women'
(Heat )'A fabulous mix of comedy, real life and emotional depth'
(Daily Express )'A wicked pleasure'
(Woman & Home )'She is a particularly acute observer of relationship ups and downs, and her stories are always as insightful as they are entertaining'
(Daily Mirror )'Guaranteed to keep you hooked until the end'
(She magazine )'Parks writes with wit and a keen eye for detail'
(Guardian )'Deliciously down to earth'
(The Times )'Entertaining and sophisticated'
(Marie Claire )'Observant, sensitive and funny'
(Closer )'Dark, funny and observant'
(Cosmopolitan )'Compulsively addictive'
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Lisa liked to be in control. Read the first page Browse Sample Pages
Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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Front Cover | Copyright | Excerpt | Index | Back Cover
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Adele Parks, one of the UK's most respected and prolific writers of popular womens' fiction has penned a 'quick read' book which aims to get the nation reading by providing a short, snappy novel. Therefore, it was never aiming to be War and Peace, but I did find the large font and narrative rather akin to a child's book.
Fair play to Parks, the story which centres around divorcee Lisa and her young family zips along at a cracking pace. The characterisation is somewhat flat though and I kept wanting to give the main character a good talking to at some points, but otherwise I'm sure that the subject matter will be familiar to the majority of female readers.
Fair play to Parks, the story which centres around divorcee Lisa and her young family zips along at a cracking pace. The characterisation is somewhat flat though and I kept wanting to give the main character a good talking to at some points, but otherwise I'm sure that the subject matter will be familiar to the majority of female readers.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was an excellent quick read and ideal for a short journey on the train! Thoroughly Recommened!
Format:Paperback
I love Adele Park's novels so I was pleased to pick up this slim volume, which turned out to be totally unlike her usual sharp, sophisticated novels. With it's large print, simplistic language and plot I'm not sure who this kind of thing is aimed - adults with literacy problems maybe? - I felt it should maybe carried some sort of warning that this is Adele seriously dumbed down. It was still an ok read though it strayed deeply into idiot plot territory with the whole storyline about Lisa's pregnancy. I know that Lisa, unlike Adele's usual heroines, works in a chippie and hasn't got much education but surely no sane adult woman who had already given birth three times would mistake a pregnancy for going through the change (at 42 ???). Are we supposed to believe that the birth of every one of her children came as a complete and utter surprise? Ok, she's in denial I totally get that but - given that she is actually 42 and not 14 surely she would realise that some things don't go away just like that? Having said that it was a pleasant enough read, Adele still seems to have that Midas touch as a writer which makes everything she writes a joy to read.
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Worth Reading.
If your waiting for Adele Parks' next novel to come out this will tidy you over until then.
Short story so you it is perfect for a train journey. Read more
Short story so you it is perfect for a train journey. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Rhi
OK Quick Read
Synopsis from Amazon:
Lisa is forty-two, divorced and a mum of three. For the past year, Lisa has been going out with Mark, who is five years younger than her. Read more
Lisa is forty-two, divorced and a mum of three. For the past year, Lisa has been going out with Mark, who is five years younger than her. Read more
Published on 6 Nov 2008 by K. Leversuch
Good laugh
Shame it wasn't longer but a good book for a good laugh for a change
Published on 26 Sep 2008 by Ms. D. L. Parkinson
Horrible
Wish I hadn't wasted my money, will never buy any of her books again - awful, awful, awful. Worst bit- too babyish should have been for 9 year olds, also terribly predicatable. Read more
Published on 24 Aug 2008 by Jennifer
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