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"'What's gone past', he said 'is not just an advocate, any old lady advocate. What's gone past is his Honour's totty'."
And what's going past is the life of Guy Stockdale, a 62-year-old judge, who has been married forever, has two sons--Simon and Alan--and three grandchildren. For the past seven years, he's also had a mistress; Merrion Palmer is intelligent, attractive and half Guy's age, which also makes her younger than both Simon and Alan. Her dad died when she was a toddler and she's well aware that Guy is something of a father substitute. For years the role of mistress has suited her but then, suddenly, this style of relationship isn't enough for either of them. They've both had enough of sneaking around and avoiding people, so Guy has momentously made up his mind to leave his wife Laura and marry Merrion.
Marrying the Mistress dives into the shock waves that buffet the Stockdale family after Guy leaves Laura. The novel addresses the question of how his sons are going to cope, the explosive opinions of his forthright daughter-in-law Carrie and what his teenage grandchildren make of it all. Can any of them avoid taking sides? Should they? And what about the abandoned wife Laura, a woman apparently so long-sufferingly self-sacrificing she makes Mother Teresa look selfish?
From queen of the aga saga Joanna Trollope comes a dexterous portrayal of the causes and effects of marital breakdown: the stresses, the battle of wills, the bitterness and personal growth, the renegotiation of relationships--and an exposure of the depths to which the moral high ground can sink. --Lisa Gee --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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‘Hodge is at home in the middle-class milieu of herbaceous borders and china cups, but she also works brilliantly to betray feelings in the voices of family members in a crisis.’
Daily Telegraph
‘A gripping read – As shrewdly observant of psychological and domestic detail as anything she has written.’
Daily Telegraph on Other People’s Children.
“A novel to raise passions, beautifully read by Patricia Hodge.”
Express on Other People’s Children.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Typically Trollope!,
By A Customer
This review is from: Marrying The Mistress (Paperback)
This is a really modern story, up to the minute and deals with difficult cirumstances in a sympathetic way. However, there are many stereo-typical themes which are found in many books of the same genre. The story is slow in parts and there is very little change of pace throughout. This is typically Trollope - a good read but not a book that needs to be read more than once!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant - couldn't put it down,
By andrea.aitkins@hess.com (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Marrying the Mistress (Hardcover)
I have read some of the comments about Joanne Trollope's new book and am very surprised by some of them. I was enthralled and couldn't put the book down. Maybe because I have been through something a bit similar I could understand. I actually starting crying at the end when Jack and his grandfather were talking in the garden. I thought it was the best book Joanne has written and I have read them all! I can't wait for the next one.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
I still haven't finished reading it....,
By A Customer
This review is from: Marrying the Mistress (Hardcover)
This is one of the most "unbelievable" books I have ever tried to read.I haven't finished it, rare for me, because I find the whole portrayal of the infidelity, repercussions etc, totally inconceivable. Nothing seems realistic (or normal), from the attitude of the wronged-wife, to the childrens' reactions etc. I wish I hadn't bothered buying it!
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