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Newest Review: ... Delia doesn't think much of her life it just goes along quite happily doing the same things all day in day out, one ... more

 ... night whilst out taking a walk she meets up with Adrian again and they get closer. Just before the family annual holiday to the beach, Delia finds out that she has been part of Adrians game to get his wife back but she doesn't seem to care too much. Adrian's mother in-law visits Delia's house and accuses her of steeling her daughters husband, right in front of Delia's family. The family just think that she is a mad woman and don't think that any of it's true- how could it be Delia's not lik...more

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amanda000
Ladder of Years - Anne Tyler: Its a time trip! (631 words)
by - written on 01/10/01, updated on  01/10/01 (Very useful, 225 readings)
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Wow, this is an amazing book, I had to pick 4 books for an online book group I belong to and this was one someone recommended to me so I thought why not suggest it, then we all voted for the one we wanted to read the most and this book won. This book starts off in a supermarket where Delia, the main character, is propositioned by a man, Adrian, he wants her to pretend that she is his girlfriend, because his estranged wife is there with her new bloke, she doesn't hesitate for a second - it could make this shopping trip more exciting, was what she was thinking. Delia has a husband, Sam or Dr. Grinstead, and three teenage children, they all live in her ...  Read the complete review

fizzle
Woman missing - NOT feared drowned! (977 words)
by - written on 10/09/01, updated on  10/09/01 (Very useful, 816 readings)
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“BALTIMORE WOMAN DISAPPEARS DURING FAMILY VACATION … Witnesses of her departure [her family] … reported that to the best of their recollection she simply strolled away. Authorities do not suspect drowning, since Mrs. Grinstead avoided swimming whenever possible and professed a distinct aversion to water. In fact, her sister Eliza Felson, 52, has alleged to reporters that the missing woman ‘may have been a cat in her most recent incarnation’.” I wanted to open with that quote from Ladder of Years for a number of reasons. Firstly, the novel opens with that passage – a newspaper report about the disappearance of Delia ...  Read the complete review

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