Product Description

At thirty-five, Jane, a freelance translator, realises something rather disturbing. After fifteen years spent building the life she believed she wanted, shes failed. She thought she had everything perfectly balanced - working from home allows her to keep her financial independence, spend time with her daughter and escape office politics - but somehow, instead of combining a rewarding career with a satisfying mother-daughter relationship, shes become an all-purpose dogsbody, rushing from crisis to crisis and combining missing deadlines with repairing the dishwasher. Rupert is also leading the life he planned: a job in the city, a glamorous girlfriend, plenty of money. But hes beginning to have doubts about the dull-but-sensible route hes chosen - and to realise its just possible he wants more out of life. So when he and Jane meet, each escaping their day-to-day life with a stolen afternoon in the peace of the cinema, they both start to wonder whether its really enough to settle for the next best thing.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #852805 in Books
• Published on: 2005-02-03
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 400 pages

From the Publisher
THE IRRESISTIBLE NEW NOVEL FROM THE AUTHOR OFAND WHAT DO YOU DO?

About the Author
Sarah Long worked for several years in publishing before giving it all up to move to Paris with her husband and three children. Following several years of the Parisian experience, they now live back in London.

Customer Reviews

A must read!
This book was easy to get into. I found it compulsive reading and nothing got done until I had finished it. It also reinforced my motto of "never trust a man with a ponytail."

A great read
I really enjoyed this and read it in the space of a weekend. Sympathetic main characters and a plot that moved along at just the right pace. Great with a glass of wine and a bar of choccie on your sofa, or even better on a sun lounger on a foreign beach!

Funny and Perceptive
This is definitely a cut above your average chick-lit. I found the situations interesting, the humour sharp, and the author's observations both witty and sometimes surprisingly thought-provoking. She has a knack for a phrase or image which sticks in the mind.