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The School Run - Sophie King


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The School Run - Sophie King

 
Description: ISBN 0340921544 / Genre: Fiction / Author: Sophie King / Paperback / 352 Pages / Book is published 2005-11-07 by Hodder Paperbacks

Newest Review: ... pretty much all of their children go to the same school and they sometimes overlap when dropping off and picking up. However, ... more

 ... this is no ordinary week though and by the end of it lives will have changed, revelations unfolded, fears faced and skeletons revisited. There is also a drama waiting to unfold which will draw most of them together in the most unexpected of ways! Those on the school run are Harriet whose marriage is at crisis point and her friend Pippa who is facing a health scare. Evie is dealing with very difficult twin stepdaughters as well as trying to support the family through her high flying job as her husband has been made...more

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Premium Review The School Run - Sophie King: Nothing like this happens on my school run! (660 words)
by - written on 02/08/09 (Very useful, 139 readings)
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The School Run was Sophie King's debut novel, and although she has gone on to write quite a few more, this was the first of her books that I had read. I was quite intrigued by the title, as I am also, by necessity, a school run mum, so I felt confident that I would relate to the subject matter. However, I can't say that I felt this when I started reading and in fact it took me a while to get into the book. It was definitely worth persevering with though as by about a third of the way in I could not put it down and, in fact, I read the last two hundred pages within twenty four hours which is almost unheard of for me! The School Run is really seven stories in ...  Read the complete review

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Premium Review A car crash waiting to happen? (635 words)
by - written on 14/12/08 (Very useful, 111 readings)
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I picked up The School Run in my local library after spotting it on the shelves as being the same author as Mums at Home which I had enjoyed last year. It turns out that The School Run is the first novel Sophie King published back in 2005. The School Run is about seven different families who will all intermingle over the course of the books life span of a week, in ways that they would never imagine or dream about. I was intrigued at how the book was going to be told in a non confusing manner with so many characters in it as I read the blurb on the back, but was willing to give it a go. We meet Harriet who is married to a distant husband and ...  Read the complete review

 

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