Alice Hartley's Happiness
By Philippa Gregory
ISBN13: 9780006514657
RRP $26.99
Synopsis
Alice Hartley can no longer arouse the interst of her pompous husband, the adulterous professor. Despite her efforts, she still leaves him cold.
Just as she is compelled to face this chlling truth, she meets Michael, a young student with an excessive libido. In Michael, Alice discovers an endless supply of all she has sought: revenge, sex and a large house suitable for conversion.
Soon the house is thugh-deep with women joyfully casting off the shackles of their oppression. Sadly, some narrow-minded neighbours and numerous forces of the las weem completely impervious to all those healing vibrations...
About the Author
Philippa Gregory is an established writer and broadcaster for radio and television. She holds a PhD in eighteenth-century literature from the University of Edinburgh. She has been widely praised for her historical novels, including Earthly Joys, Virgin Earth, A Respectable Trade, The Queen's Fool, The Virgin's Lover, The Constant Princess and The Other Queen, as well as her works of conemporary suspense. The Other Boleyn Girl is now a major film, starring Scarlett Johansson, Natalie Portman and Eric Bana.
Philippa Gregory lives in the North of England with her family and welcomes visitors to her web site at: www.philippagregory.com.
Review
If you are a fan of Desperate Housewives you will love this book. Alice Hartley's Happiness has everything you could ask for: love, passion, birth, death, excitement and revenge.
Philippa Gregory's characters literally leap off the pages - from the oppressed Alice Hartley to her young and inexperienced (often foolish) lover, from the pompous professor to the eccentric aunt, from the judgemental neighbours to the jovial vicar. Some you will love, others you will love to hate.
Alice Hartley's Happiness is a light-hearted and humerous tale with which to escape from the busyness of parenting, work and household chores.
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