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 Life Swap - Jane Green
 Life Swap - Jane Green ... of the hugely successful Poise! magazine, she lives alone in London, is single, solvent, and seriously successful. But she'd give it all up in a heartbeat for marriage, children, and a house in the country. Amber Winslow, on the other hand, has exactly what Vicky Townsley wants: a huge stone mansion in Highfield Connecticut, children and a busy charitable commitment for the local Women's League. But Amber isn't happy either. She hasn't found quite the fulfilment she had expected from being a full-time wife and mother, so when she spots a double page spread in Poise! magazine asking married readers to life swap with a glamorous, single journalist in London, she sits down and writes a letter. But she never expects to be picked...Life Swap is the story of what really happens when two women decide to walk in one another's shoes for one month. It's the story of the grass not being as green as you might think, and of discovering that happiness is not always where you expect it to be.Newest Review: ... lives in the New York commuter belt. Amber is happy in her marriage and loves her children, but feels something is missing ... more ... from her life.
The story of Life Swap is good, but hardly original - although I can't think of anything it is similar to, I knew the outcome before the women even swapped lives. I knew the part each male character would play as soon as he was introduced, and I knew exactly what would happen to Amber, her family and her life (and I do mean exactly).
Life Swap is writing in the third person, and switches between Vicky and Amber's stories, with occasional excursions to other characters. This set up worked well, but what ...more |
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Life Swap - Jane Green: I'll keep my own life thanks (579 words)
by - written on 07/01/08 (Very useful, 79 readings)
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Life Swap came to me as part of a swap from a friend and as with my previous swap I have been very lucky as this is a book i really enjoyed. The basic idea of the book is that there are two women, both of their lives couldn't be any different if they tried. Vicky is a single lady living in London, and she works for a magazine called Poise. Amber lives in America and is married with two children. Her life is full of charity lunches, keeping up with the Jones' etc., whilst Vicky is on her own, but craving the love and attention of a family. Poise decides to run an article calling for people wanting to swap lives for a month. Vicky finds herself ... Read the complete review
Would you swap yours? (663 words)
by - written on 24/10/08 (Very useful, 382 readings)
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The moment I picked up Life Swap and started reading it I really loved it. From the very first page Jane Green writes in a lovely chatty style which really draws the reader in - and she tells a good story too! Life Swap is about two women who, for various resons, are just a bit dissatisfied with their lives. Vicky has an excellent career as the features editor of Poise! magazine and a busy social life but she yearns for marriage and children. On the other hand, Amber, who lives in Connecticut, has the children, husband and gorgeous house but she knows that something is missing. For a feature in Poise! Vicky suggests that she might find a married ... Read the complete review
Life Swap - Jane Green: Is the grass really greener on the other side? (854 words)
by - written on 08/09/08 (Very useful, 108 readings)
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I am on a new mission to read at least one book a week (although if this mission goes anything like my 'I will not buy any more beauty products or toiletries until I absolutely need them' mission, I should expect to fail within the next 3 days), and the latest book I have read is Life Swap by Jane Green. This book has been in my locker at work for absolutely ages, and I did start reading it a while back, but gave up about 20 pages in. Now I have stopped buying trashy magazines, I am reading books a lot more, and having just finished (and loved) Bookends, another of Jane Greens novels, I was eager to read more of her work, which is why I fished this out from underneath ... Read the complete review
Swap it for something less predictable! (542 words)
by - written on 10/11/09 (Very useful, 58 readings)
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Several years ago I fell in love with a Jane Green book called Mr Maybe. It was funny, the characters were great, the story was well written, and the hero sounded pretty damn lovely. Ever since I've continued picking up Jane Green books in the hope that one would match Mr Maybe, but none did. The latest attempt was Life Swap. Life Swap tells the story of single 35 year old Vicky Townsley, Features Editor of a women's glossy who lives in London with her cat. She yearns for married life, believing the grass is greener. For a magazine feature Vicky swaps lives with Amber, an American "desperate housewife" who is married with two kids and ... Read the complete review
Life Swap - Jane Green: Is the grass greener on the other side? (786 words)
by - written on 01/05/09 (Very useful, 129 readings)
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At the moment, I'm in the process of re-reading a lot of my old books to decide what to keep, what to attempt to sell on Amazon Marketplace and what to take to the charity shop. This might mean a few reviews from me on books that have been out for a few years, instead of focusing on new releases, but I guess it doesn't matter when a book was written, just whether I enjoyed it or not. 'Life Swap' by Jane Green was originally published in 2005 and I have the large-format airport edition so it was obviously a pre-holiday purchase. I couldn't really remember much about it from the first time I read it - I remembered the basic storyline but was very hazy on the ... Read the complete review
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