- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: HarperCollins (20 Jun 1996)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0002253151
- ISBN-13: 978-0002253154
- Product Dimensions: 18.6 x 13 x 3.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,027,658 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Philippa Gregory reigns supreme’
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A witty contemporary satire on the pitfalls of political correctness. From New Men and earnest academics to New Age Travellers and pig farmers, nobody emerges unscathed.
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book isn't meant to be taken too seriously ...
The plot centres around a rather 'stuck-up' woman who wakes one morning to find a gypsy caravan on her land. She tries in vain to get rid of the old lady that lives within it, but to no avail. The reason for this becomes clear as the final chapter approaches.
The moral (if there really is one!) of this story is how someone's perception of another can be quite wrong and sometimes events work out only to prove this!
An easy-going, sometimes humerous look at the difference between those who 'have' and others who are perceived as 'have-nots' and the snobbishness that arises upon confrontation of the two.
The plot centres around a rather 'stuck-up' woman who wakes one morning to find a gypsy caravan on her land. She tries in vain to get rid of the old lady that lives within it, but to no avail. The reason for this becomes clear as the final chapter approaches.
The moral (if there really is one!) of this story is how someone's perception of another can be quite wrong and sometimes events work out only to prove this!
An easy-going, sometimes humerous look at the difference between those who 'have' and others who are perceived as 'have-nots' and the snobbishness that arises upon confrontation of the two.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone who has experienced the self-obsessed world of higher education will know every character in this book.
This is my favourite re-read book. It makes me laugh every time and has a poke at everything I hate.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
A delightful afternoon spent reading this book. I was unsure when I first started reading it as it seemed to be just an average romance with nothing new in it. It picked up and I found myself thoroughly enjoying the torment Dr Case feels when she is torn between what she thinks are her feminist beliefs and the traditional life she genuinely craves and wants.
Louise (Dr Case) has what she wants, she's a writer/researcher and a University lecturer. She has also inherited a wonderful country cottage from her Aunt. Caught up in a relationship with a married man - this is the bit that I was confused with at the start, she's quite happy playing second best to Miriam (who is also her friend) with Toby. Then Rose arrives in her old van, parks up in Louise's orchard and Louise's life changes.
Bit by bit her life changes and unravels around her with Louise feeling like she has little control over anything. Rose is there every step of the way though engineering some of the changes to help Louise realise what it is she really wants.
You can't take this book too seriously and you shouldn't find yourself thinking about how she's gone back on her beliefs - it's fiction after all. Lots of lessons learned in this plot and a chance to think about your own life - have you got what you really want? A good plot, midly irritating at times how she does manage to fall so nicely on her feet but otherwise an entertaining read.
The length is just right and you are given a chance to get to know all of the characters through Gregory's wonderful descriptive prose. The plot includes references to the Suffragette movement and DH Lawrence, so a good mix of literature and social politics. As mentioned, the relationship between Louise, Toby and Miriam was confusing but became understandable after a few chapters.
Set over 11 days, each chapter is a different day, with an epilogue at the end to tie up the loose ends. You do need to suspend belief for part of it but it is fiction and isn't likely to happen this way so enjoy it.
Louise (Dr Case) has what she wants, she's a writer/researcher and a University lecturer. She has also inherited a wonderful country cottage from her Aunt. Caught up in a relationship with a married man - this is the bit that I was confused with at the start, she's quite happy playing second best to Miriam (who is also her friend) with Toby. Then Rose arrives in her old van, parks up in Louise's orchard and Louise's life changes.
Bit by bit her life changes and unravels around her with Louise feeling like she has little control over anything. Rose is there every step of the way though engineering some of the changes to help Louise realise what it is she really wants.
You can't take this book too seriously and you shouldn't find yourself thinking about how she's gone back on her beliefs - it's fiction after all. Lots of lessons learned in this plot and a chance to think about your own life - have you got what you really want? A good plot, midly irritating at times how she does manage to fall so nicely on her feet but otherwise an entertaining read.
The length is just right and you are given a chance to get to know all of the characters through Gregory's wonderful descriptive prose. The plot includes references to the Suffragette movement and DH Lawrence, so a good mix of literature and social politics. As mentioned, the relationship between Louise, Toby and Miriam was confusing but became understandable after a few chapters.
Set over 11 days, each chapter is a different day, with an epilogue at the end to tie up the loose ends. You do need to suspend belief for part of it but it is fiction and isn't likely to happen this way so enjoy it.
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a bit of a frolic
I wasn't looking for some deep insight into life or a serious historical piece of work so I loved this book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by P. H. Wilding
Disappointed
I have read most of Philippas books and If this had been my first I don't think I would have bothered to buy a second. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Kim
Light Reading
This story is a good work of fiction & a pleasing enough read. Not to be taken too seriously but still puts across what closed-mindedness, ignorance and preconceptions can cause... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Josie-Jo
Perfectly correct
A novel of personal politics, passion, and pigs. Dr Louise Case's seemingly perfect life starts to feel hollow when elderly, but sprightly, Rose comes on the scene.
Published 15 months ago by OC
urgghh
I only read this book because a friend recommended and then sent it to me. I hated it. I found it both pretentious and ridiculous. Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2001 by Mrs. K. A. Wheatley
A modern day intellegent womans torments!
This book is slow to get in to yet when you finally crack it you really get in to the characters lives. Read more
Published on 26 Jan 2001
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