- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books (5 Sep 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0743450183
- ISBN-13: 978-0743450188
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 751,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Louise Dean, author of BECOMING STRANGERS
'A lovely, tender, warm book ... very intimate with some wonderfully observed characters and thoughtful insights'
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Connie and Matt Wilson, once childhood sweethearts, have worked hard to achieve their dreams - their lovely London home, their three beloved sons and a stable, trusting marriage. When they go to Rome for a romantic weekend break, they have a wonderful time exploring, eating, drinking and making love. On their last day, Matt announces to Connie that he is not coming back to England with her. She returns to London - and their three boys - alone. "Loving Him" is the story of what happens when the love of your life bumps into the love of his life...the one before you, the one he never really got over. It describes the consequences of a random, chance encounter and how it can set off a chain of events that turns a woman's existence from banal, but blissful, domesticity to dangerous obsession. Kate O'Riordan has fashioned a tightly weaved, intense and dramatically paced tale of a family, a marriage and how you can never quite escape the power of the past.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A new author to me and I have no idea how this book came into my hands. It has been on my bookshelves though since 2006, which is when I registered it at Bookcrossing. I imagine it joined Mt TBR because it is partly set in Rome and it will be no surprise to those of you who know me that I love all things Italian.
Kate O'Riordan was the author of four previous novels prior to the publication of this one in 2005, to my surprise she seems to have had nothing in the way of novels published since then. Having discovered this fact I was therefore not really surprised that this title does not seem to be very well known, with only one other review appearing on Amazon prior to mine.
If you are in a secure and happy relationship this novel may well make you wonder if your other half has any past loves lurking as 'Loving Him' is all about what happens when the love of your life, unexpectedly meets his first love again.
The protagonists of the story Matt and Connie Wilson are in Rome for a romantic weekend, when Matt unexpectedly announces that he is not returning to London with her. It turns out that despite three sons and a marriage that appears to work well, the past is a very strong draw. Connie's peaceful domestic life is turned upside down by her growing obsession with Greta, the woman from the past.
When Matt decides to stay in Rome, he tries to analyse the reasons why he does so, but he was unable to come up with a single reason. At the time I believed this but by the time you have finished the book you will come to realise that Connie is not after all the innocent party. Well I did not think so. Besides the three main characters already mentioned there is another, Mary a family friend whose role within the family set-up I found very strange. In fact her behaviour is also obsessive in the way she reacts to the dramas going on within her friends marriage.
An ok read and I would say it is worth reading if it comes your way and you are a fan of intense relationship novels.
Kate O'Riordan was the author of four previous novels prior to the publication of this one in 2005, to my surprise she seems to have had nothing in the way of novels published since then. Having discovered this fact I was therefore not really surprised that this title does not seem to be very well known, with only one other review appearing on Amazon prior to mine.
If you are in a secure and happy relationship this novel may well make you wonder if your other half has any past loves lurking as 'Loving Him' is all about what happens when the love of your life, unexpectedly meets his first love again.
The protagonists of the story Matt and Connie Wilson are in Rome for a romantic weekend, when Matt unexpectedly announces that he is not returning to London with her. It turns out that despite three sons and a marriage that appears to work well, the past is a very strong draw. Connie's peaceful domestic life is turned upside down by her growing obsession with Greta, the woman from the past.
When Matt decides to stay in Rome, he tries to analyse the reasons why he does so, but he was unable to come up with a single reason. At the time I believed this but by the time you have finished the book you will come to realise that Connie is not after all the innocent party. Well I did not think so. Besides the three main characters already mentioned there is another, Mary a family friend whose role within the family set-up I found very strange. In fact her behaviour is also obsessive in the way she reacts to the dramas going on within her friends marriage.
An ok read and I would say it is worth reading if it comes your way and you are a fan of intense relationship novels.
3 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This is the first time I have ever really wanted to write my views about a book I have read. I am not going to pull apart and delve into each character or Ms O'Riodan's writing skills. All I am going to write is WOW!! It's been three days since I finished this book and it continues to haunt me. I found it powerful, gripping, sad, frustrating. I hope she will write a sequal, I need to know what happens after..
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Obsessive love
2 Aug 2006
Format:Paperback
Connie and Matt Wilson grew up as neighbours and were teenaged sweethearts, after Matt got over his crush on Greta, a local wild girl. Slightly younger than Matt and Greta, Connie was always hanging around them, trying to break into their magic circle and trying to make Matt see her as the love of his life. Three teenaged sons and fifteen years later, they take a short holiday in Rome where Matt spots Greta in a bar and goes after her. In an instant, the years fall away, Matt realises that he's always loved Greta and declares that he's staying in Rome with her. A shattered Connie returns home to the boys and friends, making feeble excusues for Matt's absence and dealing with the fallout of such a move. There's a great deal of angst which follows in this story and a few surprising and rather shocking revelations that emerge. I think thatI'm a bit sick of angst ridden people and am longing for a straight out murder and a bit of mayhem.
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