- Paperback: 368 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins; New Ed edition (2 Feb 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0006496431
- ISBN-13: 978-0006496434
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 11.2 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 205,200 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Fiendishly plotted… this is Gregory at her most convincing. Sunday lunch with the in-laws will never be the same again’
Cosmopolitan
‘Insidiously gripping’
Independent
‘An excellent book… races along, raising all kinds of intriguing questions’
Radio 4 Kaleidoscope
‘Brilliant psychological chiller… utterly, nail-nibblingly plausible. You will relish its explosive climax and be gripped through to its final superb double-twist finish’
Val Hennessy, Daily Mail
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A contemporary psychological thriller in the style of Ruth Rendell, from one of today’s most versatile and compelling storytellers.
It was easy for Elizabeth. She married the man she loved, bore him two children and made a home for him which was the envy of their friends.
It was harder for Ruth. She married Elizabeth’s son and then found that, somehow, she could never quite measure up…
Isolation, deceit and betrayal fill the gaps between the two individual women and between their different worlds. In this complex thriller, Philippa Gregory deploys all her insight into what women want and what women fear, as Ruth confronts the shifting borders of her own sanity. Laying bare the comfortable conventions of rural England, this spine-tingling novel pulses with suspense until the whiplash double-twist of the denouement.
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64 of 64 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Perfect Example Of A Top Notch Psychological Thriller,
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This review is from: The Little House (Paperback)
The Little House is a remarkable gem of a psychological thriller. It makes even the most normal, everyday events seem sinister and riveting.The plot focuses on Ruth who is talked into starting a family by her husband and living down the road from his upper class parents in the country. Then the nightmare unfolds. The book is a masterpiece of claustrophobia as Ruth’s in-laws intrude more and more into her life. All throughout the book I felt tense and unsettled – just as I love to be when I am reading a thriller. I could absolutely empathise with Ruth and as her situation got worse and worse I was routing for her all the way. Ruth is a delightful, yet in some ways tragic character. She is a successful journalist and yet her past has meant that she is needy and desperately seeking love. She thinks she has found a family which she can belong to at long last in her in-laws but what she fails to realise is that they want to control her. The mother in-law, father in-law, and Ruth’s husband Patrick are chillingly plausible and well developed. The beauty in this novel is that unlike in many other psychological thriller’s these three characters are not evil, they truly believe they are doing the best for Ruth and themselves – even as they push her further and further towards the limits of her own sanity. Overall The Little House is a fantastic study of relationships between a woman and her in-laws and how the ordinary things can lead someone to madness, and to do the most unspeakable things. The Little House’s packs a hard, chilling punch, especially as the ending is so unexpected and compelling. I would recommend this book unreservedly.
24 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very frightening!,
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This review is from: The Little House (Paperback)
I couldn't put it down... It's one of those books you remember. My stomach turned with every page as the tense and twisted plot unfolded... I willed the central character to wake up and see her scheming mother in law for what she was.... I really didn't see that ending coming either. This book is for every woman who feels like she's married her inlaws ...... (and for every grown man who still lets his mum do his ironing.)
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Enthralling!,
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This review is from: The Little House (Paperback)
I have never read any of Philippa Gregory's books before and I only came upon this one by chance. The title and the cover are deceiving, as this is no mushy love story. It seems to be quite innocent on the surface, but has very sinister undertones. I was gripped from the beginning and I couldn't wait to read more! This certainly won't be the last Philipa Gregory book I read!
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