Getting Rid of Matthew - Jane Fallon

This book has been sat on my shelf for a while, and after reading "The Outcast" I fancied a bit of light reading, but I got a bit more enjoyment out of this than I thought I would!! Heres why.... THE STORY ======== Getting Rid Of Matthew is about 39 year old Helen who, for the past four years has been having an affair with married man - yes you have guessed it - Matthew. One day Matthew decides to leave his wife Sophie and their two daughters for good and moves in with Helen, but rather than be thrilled to have her lover for the past couple of years to herself all of a sudden, she starts to change her mind and want her old ...  Read the complete review

Having recently read (and thoroughly enjoyed) Jane Fallon's second novel, Got You Back, I looked forward to reading this, her debut novel. I managed to pick up a copy of Getting Rid Of Matthew in a local charity shop, paying only £1.50, rather than the RRP of £6.99, so I got a bargain. Settling down to read this novel I found myself enjoying the relaxed writing style of Jane Fallon once more. There were some similarities in terms of plot between this and her subsequent novel. Both stories feature a married man having an affair with another woman. In 'Getting Rid of Matthew', the married man is a successful businessman (Matthew) who has been having a long-term ...  Read the complete review

Getting Rid of Matthew is the first book written by Jane Fallon and for a debut it's absolutely stunning. From the very first page I was drawn into the lives of the brilliant characters and I really did not want to put it down. It's an immensely readable book with all the right ingredients. The book tells the story of Helen who has been having an affair with Matthew (an older married man) for the last four years. The one thing that she has wanted more thn anything else is for him to leave his wife and move in with her. Strangely though, when this finally does happen, she is far from happy. She has gone off him in big way but does not know how to let him down ...  Read the complete review

Getting Rid of Matthew is Jane Fallon's first novel, it centres around the complicated life of Helen, who is 39 years old and having an affair with a married man, Matthew. Matthew works for a PA Company, representing 'celebrities' and ends up falling in love with his secretary, Helen, and embarking on a 4 year affair, whilst his wife, Sophie, is non the wiser. After 4 years of pleading with Matthew to leave his wife and set up home with her, Helen finally gets what she wished for when Matthew turns up on her doorstep, possessions in tow, but she then decides that she doesn't want Matthew anymore, and tries her best to make him leave, hence the name ...  Read the complete review

My work likes to encourage us to read as much as humanly possible. Maybe its to try and boost the staff moral, maybe its to give us something to distract us from complaining. Either way, it has a handy little book swap going on, which is where I picked out this little gem. After sitting in my desk drawer for a month, it finally got picked up. I didn't really expect to like it that much. It sounded incredibly girly and full of unneccisary drama. Girly it was. Unneccisary, most likely, but onwards I went and found that, apparently, girly and unneccisary is something I quite like in a book. Once in a while that is...hmm... It starts off about 4 years ...  Read the complete review