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Isabel is a glamorous blonde with a sensational past; Harriet is a bookish single would-be writer who never takes risks – except once. That risk is to answer an advert; Isabel wants to tell her story and only a ghostwriter, constantly on-hand in her luxurious Cape Cod hideaway, will be able to do it for her. The job goes to Harriet, who quickly discovers that living with Isabel is a lesson – in sex-appeal, in secrets and in seizing the moment – she’s needed all her life.
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Elinor Lipman's previous novels include THEN SHE FOUND ME, ISABEL'S BED and THE INN AT LAKE DEVINE. Four of her novels are currently in development as feature films. She divides her time between Northampton, Massachusetts and New York City
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WINTER BEFORE LAST, a tealeaf reader at a psychic fair looked into my cup and said she saw me living in a house with many beds and big-mouth blonde. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I disagree with the previous review. I found the book very readable and thoroughly enjoyed the characters, to the point that am I currently re-reading it! The characters are detailed and well written, and the plot line is a twist on the 'normal' female based books.
Whilst you can see the ending coming, the method in which Elinor gets you there makes a refreshing change.
The book is a great holiday read, when you are sitting by a pool with a cold glass of something soaking up the rays.
Whilst you can see the ending coming, the method in which Elinor gets you there makes a refreshing change.
The book is a great holiday read, when you are sitting by a pool with a cold glass of something soaking up the rays.
Format:Paperback
Thought this book had a good look to it and the back didn't really read that bad either.............................I was so wrong!!!! Tried really hard to finish this book but couldn't. The story line was dull and very slow and seemed to be going nowhere, by the middle of the book you would have thought that something would have got the reader gripped but nothing: the story seemed to be going nowhere. I wanted to know more about the people in the book but there was no structure or story to enable the reader to do this.
I wouldn't pass this book on to any of my friends to be honest it will more than likely go in the bin. I am very disappointed and tried really hard to overcome the boardom that this book provided!!!
I wouldn't pass this book on to any of my friends to be honest it will more than likely go in the bin. I am very disappointed and tried really hard to overcome the boardom that this book provided!!!
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Really warmed to this book as I went on
18 Oct 2001
Format:Paperback
The blurbs on the cover of this book really put me off at first - someone on the front cover saying that 'by about page ten the reader has a grin on his face' and on the back something about her being the new Jane Austen - etc etc. While being none of those things to me though, I found a lot else in it which grew on me as the book progressed, and surprising to myself I found that I couldn't put it down - and reading to the finish I found it a fun, and infinitely satisfying read.
The heroine of the novel is Harriet Mahoney - 42, failed in a long term relationship, aspiring novellist and looking for a way to escape New York and her ex-partner for a while - wound-licking stuff. She applies for a position ghost-writing Isabel Krug's life story - the fact that she has no idea just who Isabel is, or how notorious her story is, is the subject of the book. Harriet goes to live with her at Cape Cod and in fact it is the growing relationship between these two women which was for me, the most interesting part of the book. As we learn more about Harriet we also have more of Isabel revealed. Its all done in context of the novel and some of it is quite startling. One thing I'll say for Elinor Lipman is she really knows how to tell a story without over-killing points - but she is also wonderful at providing great twists to the story at various points.
It really is an 'engaging' read, but it might take you more than 10 pages to get into. I certainly didn't find I was grinning for a week - but I found it a great read and I think itsworth perservering with if you aren't immediately grabbed by it.
12 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Diappointed
14 Nov 2001
Format:Paperback
Isabel's Bed looked like a great read & it's gotten great reviews, but in all honesty I was diappointed by it. The writing is great, I would give Elinor Lipman 4 *'s for her writing talent, but this story just never took off for me. Harriet Mahoney is a 40 something year old woman who finds herself alone after her live-in boyfriend of 12 years meets someone else. An aspiring writer, Harriet takes a job working for Isabel, living in her mansion & helping her to ghostwrite a novel about Isabel's scandalous life. Where this book fell short for me was in the character development-I never got to know or care too deeply about any of the characters. I will still give Lipman's other novels a try as she is a talented writer. This novel wasn't terrible, but I felt it was a little flat.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Highly-charged entertainment!
14 Oct 1999
Format:Paperback
What a wonderful novel! This book had everything - romance, intrigue, friendship and revenge. Such a great combination. I really did love this book, a second for me by Elinor Lipman, and much better than the semi-drivel that was The Inn at Lake Devine. One thing bothered me about Isabel's Bed - the absence of you-know-who by the end of the book. The Itzy-Hare-Pete-Costas combination should have ended with a collective bang! Needless to state, I highly recommend this book! It's a light and fast read, packed with humour and realism.
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