Product Description

Pippa seems to have everything in life. But suddenly she finds her world beginning to unravel. Amid the buzzing lawnmowers and suburban coffee mornings, she starts to wonder how she came to be in this place. The answer is a story of wild youth, unexpected encounters, affairs and betrayals, and the dangerous security of marriage. It brilliantly reveals the challenges of modern life – and all the possibilities that it holds.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1596 in Books
• Published on: 2008-06-12
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 240 pages

Guardian
'Unrestrainedly, satisfyingly bizarre, and intensely cinematic.'

Daily Mail
Miller's astute, beautifully nuanced novel explores the unpredictable consequences of choosing to live a safe, but emotionally compromised, life.

Observer
like opening a series of Russian dolls, each intricately wrought, self-contained and self-revealing.

Customer Reviews

Pippa Who?
I actually just read this for the second time before posting a review and liked it slightly better than I did the first time. The writing's elegant but light and therefore easy to read but... I don't believe in Pippa Lee, she's not a real person, and if she were, she's not somebody I'd want to know. There's not really much of a plot, and what there is ties up far too conveniently at the end with none of the moral dilemma which would have made it interesting - although given Pippa's previous track record, there wouldn't have been much of a dilemma anyway. It's OK but doesn't hook you in emotionally, I can't believe they're making a film of it.

Boring and mediocre
I have to wonder what all the fuss was about with this book. If you take the author out of the equation, then it's a pretty unremarkable piece of work. Indeed, a snapshot of many people's lives, I feel, except for the suicide maybe, and surely not worth a mention by Richard & Judy. Sorry, I must have been missing something. I expected more from Ms Miller.

Overrated and disappointing
Was really looking forward to reading this book but i have to say that i found it both tedious and uncomfortable. Its dreary style was difficult to concentrate on and the plot line was both unimaginative and uninteresting.
I wouldnt recommend this at all. I couldnt wait to finish it so that i could move onto another book.