- Paperback: 512 pages
- Publisher: POOLBEG (2000)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 185371903X
- ISBN-13: 978-1853719035
- Product Dimensions: 17.2 x 11.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 445,825 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A black romantic comedy about a father-son love triangle...
"Olivia's Bliss is a black romantic comedy about a young would-be novelist, Olivia, whose love life and career are a disaster. Publishers keep rejecting her literary masterpiece, 'Wickham's Memoirs' (a spicy version of Pride and Prejudice' from Wickham's viewpoint!)and the only excitement in her love-life is her old Ex, ELvis (say no more!) Then she and her two flat-mates, Josephine and Leila advertise for a lodger and along comes the sexy, witty and wild Ricky Caldwell - a 27-year old hunk who works on a womens' mag (he claims he loves spending all day chatting women up about PMT and orgasms). All three fall in love with him - the race begins! Events culminate when they hold a crazy party with the theme 'The Spice Girls Meets The Blues Brothers' and Olivia's attempts at becoming Ginger Spice go horribly, horribly wrong... Life seems at a rock-bottom, when Olivia starts working as a PA for Ricky's father, Sir Henry Caldwell. Despite the fact that her typing speed is two words per three fingers per minute, she bluffs the interview and gets the job. Sir C is everything Ricky's not - he's 47 (twice her age), dominating and a bully - but still brutally sexy. Soon she finds herself embarking on a dangerous affair... It should be easy to forget Ricky... Shouldn't it?... 'Olivia's Bliss' is an outrageously funny romp about falling in love twice...
"Olivia's Bliss is a black romantic comedy about a young would-be novelist, Olivia, whose love life and career are a disaster. Publishers keep rejecting her literary masterpiece, 'Wickham's Memoirs' (a spicy version of Pride and Prejudice' from Wickham's viewpoint!)and the only excitement in her love-life is her old Ex, ELvis (say no more!) Then she and her two flat-mates, Josephine and Leila advertise for a lodger and along comes the sexy, witty and wild Ricky Caldwell - a 27-year old hunk who works on a womens' mag (he claims he loves spending all day chatting women up about PMT and orgasms). All three fall in love with him - the race begins! Events culminate when they hold a crazy party with the theme 'The Spice Girls Meets The Blues Brothers' and Olivia's attempts at becoming Ginger Spice go horribly, horribly wrong... Life seems at a rock-bottom, when Olivia starts working as a PA for Ricky's father, Sir Henry Caldwell. Despite the fact that her typing speed is two words per three fingers per minute, she bluffs the interview and gets the job. Sir C is everything Ricky's not - he's 47 (twice her age), dominating and a bully - but still brutally sexy. Soon she finds herself embarking on a dangerous affair... It should be easy to forget Ricky... Shouldn't it?... 'Olivia's Bliss' is an outrageously funny romp about falling in love twice...
"I'm 24 years old and I wrote this book after giving up work to sign on and condemn myself to a life of living off baked beans. When I discovered I had won the Poolbeg / Ireland on Sunday competition with the novel, I was chuffed! It comes out in July and Louise Bagshawe has given us a lovely quote to put on the front cover - "Fantastic - you'll be absolutly gripped!" So, there you go! The only draw-back about writing this book was that everyone is assuming it's autobiographical. But I never have, or want to be in a love triangle, particularly not in one between a father and son...(honest!)
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
I couldn't stop reading it!,
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This review is from: OLIVIA'S BLISS. (Paperback)
For many years I have read nothing but Vedic literature and Indian philosophy so this was a very unusual reading for me! I was delighted that in the midst of all the things happening and all the variety of emotions, there is this spiritual touch. Nobody with an open mind and a sense of humour can possibly find this book boring or superficial. It is optimistic, it brought me warmth and joy inside.I went through a phase in my life which had similar ingredients and I must say that even if this book probably is mostly made up, I felt very much that it spoke to me in its simple but fascinating way. I've gone through some real extremes and Olivia's Bliss somehow reminded me that life is a wonderful great mystery that must be explored! Ms Wright really goes to the extremes without forgetting to put human nature and life in focus, she doesn't emphasize the dark sides of life which so many other writers and the media aims for. This is truly uplifting. This novel is full of life and enthusiasm without being silly or childish, it is exploring in an innocent way. I am thrilled to see that a very gifted writer with a good education uses her skills in a way that speaks to common people giving them a blissful experience! So Jolly well done! Bravo and Hip Hurray!! Deborah Wright is my cup of tea and I really look forward to read a lot more from her! A reader from Sweden
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Nonsense !,
By A Customer
This review is from: OLIVIA'S BLISS. (Paperback)
I read an awful lot of novels of this genre but this is the worst one I have read in a long time ! I'm sorry but the plot is completely unbelievable and becomes so fanciful towards the end that I just wanted to finish it and get it over with as it was obvious who would end up with who. This is the first review I have written as I felt I had to warn other people who, having read the other reviews might actually think this book was worth buying ! it isn't!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Good reading but full of errors,
By A Customer
This review is from: OLIVIA'S BLISS. (Paperback)
The plot was quite good (if a bit incestuous). However, there were numerous typographical, grammatical and factual mistakes - which is a bit surprising when the author has an English degree from Oxford. The typos are impossible to enumerate here but to give a few examples of factual errors - the bank is Coutts and not Cootes and tiramisu is not an ice-cream!!!
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