Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1475916 in Books
• Published on: 2003-02
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Customer Reviews

fantastic! curl up with a cup of hot chocolate and enjoy.
the story is really about Jane and Patrick's all too cozy marriage and Jane deciding to leave the marriage and set off to 'find' herself in India whilst Patrick himself embarks on an affair which turns out to be more complex than he could have imagined. Jane is in india and the whole country comes alive to the reader with Janes affair with Ranjiv.Whilst you are reading the parts set in India you can 'see' the places,sights and smells - which I found made the book un-put-downable. When you have finished the roller coaster ride that is india Jane comes back to England and the book takes you to a throughly satisfying climax. There are not enough good words to describe this book,I read it in record time and went to bed early to indulge myself with it.Sheer magic..........

Very readable, ideal holiday fiction in Joanna Trollope vein
"Leaving Patrick" is a hugely enjoyable novel about real choices grown-ups have to make once they start taking stock of their lives. For Jane, the career woman heroine, this strikes in her mid-thirties. Has she married the right man? Has she chosen the right career path? Is her lifestyle what she really wants? Does she know what she really wants? And, although she is the original catalyst for change, these are decisions that the eponymous Patrick (her husband) has to face as well - and of course the decisions they each make impact on each other as well as on other people who effect their lives - lovers, colleagues, friends and enemies. And, with the cult of the celebrity chef / restaurant so much in the news now, it's a real treat to read an insider's depiction of the elements that make the celebrity (apparently being able to cook well is only a tiny part of it!). Despite all the publicity around the sex passages, this is much more urban Joanna Trollope than Jilly Cooper - pack it for must have holiday reading!

Turban
An enjoyable read and I could easily empathise with the characters, but it really annoyed me how Prue Leith obviously didn't know the first thing about men and their turbans!