Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #125644 in Books
• Published on: 2005-03-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback

Review
"'Makes you laugh out loud, even as you are wincing in pain.' Daily Mail; 'Like Joanna Trollope, she combines a sharp eye for the foibles of human nature with a generous amount of sympathy for her characters.' The Times"

Customer Reviews

A cracking read
This is the first Mavis Cheek book I have read and I had thought it had the potential to be classic "chicklit". Not necessarily a bad thing, but something I limit my intake of. How wrong I was. This is intelligent writing - thought provoking, well drawn characters and a depth that you just don't find in chicklit.
Joan, married for just a year, is abandoned by her husband for another woman. She deals with this by shutting herself away from everyone and adopting the "fifth dimension" of a solitary life. Her only social intercourse is with her fellow school teachers, and she works hard to avoid speaking to them. She reckons without Robin and his attraction to her, which makes this harder than she would like at school, and her friendly next door neighbours who are clearly concerned about her. Through them, into her life comes the dashingly handsome actor Finbar Flynn and her solitary confinement is shattered.
I'm off to get my next Mavis Cheek book.

good read but predictable ending
Like the previous reviewer this was my first Mavis Cheek book. Her writing is intelligent, witty and she creates genuinely likeable characters. My only gripe is that I guessed the ending about two thirds into the book and read on with the hope I would be proved wrong - I wasn't, which is a bit of a let down. However, I will purchase more Mavis Cheek books as she has the potential to become a favourite.