- Paperback: 480 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; n.e. edition (Nov 2002)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0007145136
- ISBN-13: 978-0007145133
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,438,430 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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ACCLAIM FOR OLIVIA GOLDSMITH:
'Goldsmith's characters are wilful, robust, amusing and delightfully credible'
Mail on Sunday
'Goldsmith hands out her characters'
rewards and comeuppances like Jane Austen dealing blackjack… You keep licking your fingers and reaching for the next page as if it were another potato chip'
Newsweek
'What a great feeling to fall into the capable hands of Olivia Goldsmith. The author of The First Wives Club and Bestseller always serves up believable characters in slightly outlandish situations in a mixture that makes highly entertaining reading…'
People
'Full of wisecracks, and gossip… Olivia Goldsmith can keep you reading'
Cosmopolitan
Newsweek
'You keep licking your fingers and reaching for the next page as if it were another potato chip'
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
As this was the first book I've read by Olivia Goldsmith I didn't really know what to expect from it although at the end, I found myself wanting to read more from her.
Despite the fact that it is set in a prison, the book never gets gloomy or depressing, instead you find yourself willing the characters on in their efforts to get along and get out. The only downside for me was that some of the characters were a bit too stereotypical, but the plot moves along quickly and entertainingly.
This book isn't going to change your life but is excellent as a bit of escapism and entertainment, if you're into the chick-lit thing.
Despite the fact that it is set in a prison, the book never gets gloomy or depressing, instead you find yourself willing the characters on in their efforts to get along and get out. The only downside for me was that some of the characters were a bit too stereotypical, but the plot moves along quickly and entertainingly.
This book isn't going to change your life but is excellent as a bit of escapism and entertainment, if you're into the chick-lit thing.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
OK, I admit it, my expectations weren't high. Hotshot businesswoman allows herself to be framed for her bosses' crime, gets convicted, sent to prison and of course is promptly abandoned by all the men who were so grateful for her sacrifice.
But Olivia Goldsmith manages to turn this into a compelling examination of imprisonment and its effect on the women who are - some deservedly so, some not- subject to it.
Using various finely tuned voices and viewpoints, she elicits sympathy for most of her characters, from the beleaguered warden to the incorrigible thief Cher and even for spoilt little rich kid Jennifer who finds herself in an environment that for the first time she can't control.
Of course it all resolves in somewhat unrealistic smoothness, but by the end we are routing for the women who form an unlikely alliance under difficult circumstances.
Both entertaining and thought provoking.
But Olivia Goldsmith manages to turn this into a compelling examination of imprisonment and its effect on the women who are - some deservedly so, some not- subject to it.
Using various finely tuned voices and viewpoints, she elicits sympathy for most of her characters, from the beleaguered warden to the incorrigible thief Cher and even for spoilt little rich kid Jennifer who finds herself in an environment that for the first time she can't control.
Of course it all resolves in somewhat unrealistic smoothness, but by the end we are routing for the women who form an unlikely alliance under difficult circumstances.
Both entertaining and thought provoking.
Format:Paperback
This book is the best, it shows girl power,teamwork and best of all knowing you can get though anything life throws at you. hooked from page one!!
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