Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham

We all need a holiday... (411 words)
by pinkprincess24 - written on 26/10/11 (Very useful, 27 readings)
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Sleeping Arrangements is written by Madeline Wickham, who you may know as Sophie Kinsella. She writes this book (and many others) under her real name (Wickham) to differentiate between her "Shopaholic" novels and her other fiction. This is explained in the foreword. I bought this book along with a Shopaholic book in a 2-pack from Asda for £2. I believe the normal retail price is around £4.99 but obviously this varies from shop to shop and when on offer. I am a big Shopaholic fan and love Kinsella s other books, so thought I d give this a go along with the Shopaholic book. So what is the book about? Well we meet 2 families. One family is Chloe, who is the ...

Sleeping Arrangements - Madeleine Wickham

Who's sleeping in whose bed? (371 words)
by katyj10 - written on 17/11/10 (Very useful, 40 readings)
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This is a review of the 2010 book Sleeping Arrangements by Madeleine Wickham, who is also well known as the Shopaholic series author Sophie Kinsella. In her foreword, she explains that Madeleine Wickham is her real name. I guess her other series is so well known she has a good reason to maintain two identities! Bit about the story In Sleeping Arrangements, two families are double booked into a mutual friend s villa, and they grudgingly agree to share the fabulous holiday home for a week. The reader is party to a number of dubious undertone relationships between the families for past, present and future and it looks like they are heading for one big argument. Good if ...

Cocktails For Three - Madeleine Wickham

When Shall We Three Meet Again? (688 words)
by Suzan - written on 14/11/01, updated on 14/11/01 (Very useful, 56 readings)
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Candice, Maggie and Roxanne are three successful and stylish women who all work for a magazine called “The Londoner”. Although the very best of friends, they are each very different in their personalities and outlook on life. Candice is warm, kind and trusting, possibly even too trusting. Maggie, the magazine’s editor, is an achiever, a high-flyer, dedicated and focussed. Roxanne, glamorous, stylish and chic, is in love with a married man, who may or may not adore her. Whatever happens in their lives, these three women are the very best of friends and nothing or no one will ever destroy their friendship, their sisterhood. Or so they think. When Maggie, ...