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When Nash Harvey, incurable womaniser and failing jingle composer, arrives at the Boston home of the Dobbin sisters, he is struck with a casserole dish. Not surprising, considering that Nash, one-time fiancé of Adele Dobbin, disappeared on the night of their engagement party 30 years before.
Fresh from a failed romance with a Californian reflexologist, Nash brings chaos to the Dobbins, all of whom have settled into a weary spinsterhood. Unintentionally, he leads everyone he meets to a truer knowledge of themselves and the possibilities of a brighter future. Five distinct but masterfully interwoven tales of the heart spin around the central, hilariously desperate mission of Nash, a man seeking to escape the inescapable.
Lipman writes with the wry authority of a latter-day Jane Austen or Henry James. Her work ripples with startling segues into the perversities of male-female relationships. Yet for all this insight, her characters are drawn with companionable warmth. This is not a book about the bold and the beautiful. Her cast inhabits a twilight of TV dinners, greying hair and disastrous dates, yet they never lose their hope or their capacity for love. A gourmet casserole of a book--drama, humour and understanding in equally generous portions. --Matthew Baylis
Time Out
'Hilarious. Superb entertainment'
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This was a well-written, light read. I could put it down but it was enjoyable and funny, especially at the beginning. The story did start to lose momentum half way through.
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This is a delightful book - clever, funny, warm and it even has a happy ending (unless you are the anti-hero, who gets his just deserts). Some set-pieces that had me laughing out loud.
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A book review told me to read this. It was correct. I did not laugh out loud but was pleasently pleased with myself when I was able to put it down. You have met him girls, in many disguises, and you always win! A book the female sex will have a deeper understanding of.
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