Product Description

Charlie Rhymer's husband wants a divorce and, after the incident with the frying pan, even she has to concede that their differences are irreconcilable after all. But Charlie is determined to bounce back from disaster and strike a blow for deserted older wives everywhere.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #134212 in Books
• Published on: 2002-05-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

Review
'One of the best writers around' Katie Fforde; 'Trisha Ashley's romp... makes for enjoyable reading' The Times

Customer Reviews

Truly unique and original
Oh Lord, I can't begin to communicate how funny and wonderful this book is. I'd read and enjoyed The Urge to Jump, but this one just blows by it in comparison. The official description of the book is true - but just does not do the book justice. Charlie (short for Charlotte - her nut case of a father was trying to recreate the Bröntes) finds herself on the back side of 40 and single. Her husband announces, on his way out of the country, that he wants a divorce. Then, she has an unfortunate episode with his best friend and a frying pan. She's got nowhere to go but home, to the moors and her beyond-eccentric family. Emily runs the family home with an iron fist and dabbles in the dark arts. Anne, a hardened war correspondence has come home to fight her toughest battle on her own. Brother Bran - well, is he an imbecile or a genius? Then there's Mace, the glamorous actor-turned-playwright, who lives down the road with his young daughter. All the women in town are in lust with him - except Charlie (at first) who isn't the least bit impressed with him and his bright red duvet. Mix in a handful of truly funny extra characters, a vengeful woman or two and you get quite a wonderful yarn. The dialog is ultra clever, the plot twists imaginative, and you somehow find yourself believing that this all really could happen. Ashley has a rare, rare talent and I look forward to reading more from her. More than worth the postage to the US!

Justice is seen to be done...laugh out loud fun!
This is a wonderful book, which should not be read in public if you are embarrassed by people staring at you when you laugh!

Set against the contemporary background of a man who thinks he has fathered the new Bronte Family - and named his childen accordingly - Charlotte is forced to find her own identity. Many problems beset her along the way, resulting in some madcap moments (the incident with the saucepan is just the beginning!).

The invention of the new periodical 'Skint Old Northern Woman' is comic genius:- who will ever be able to forget the advice it gives? And what a cast of characters to meet!

I urge you to buy this book now...

Not Your Run of the Mill Chick Lit
I read the first couple of pages, and rolled my eyes, "I'm sure I've seen this scenario before." But I stuck with it for a few more pages, and knew I had never read anything like this before. I read half the night. This novel was an absolute delight, and more than worth the price of shipping to the US.