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Young Wives' Tales - Adele Parks

Description: ISBN 014102478X / Author: Adele Parks / Genre: Fiction / Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd / Lucy stole her friend Rose's 'happily ever after' ... more

Young Wives' Tales - Adele Parks ... because she wanted Rose's husband, Peter, and Lucy always gets what she wants. Big mistake. Rose was the ideal wife and is the ideal mother; Lucy was the perfect mistress. Connie - best friend to both Lucy and Rose - is stuck in the middle. She's got Lucy's worries about being wife, mother and career bitch in one ear and Rose's struggle at being a plain old single mum in the other. But Connie has her own troubles: she's just got the hang of family life when an old flame pops up to rekindle a bit of passion ...on the side. For Rose, Lucy and Connie - young wives all - it looks like there's a few more twists in the marriage tale still to come.

Newest Review: ... lives of these people and although all have separate stories to tell they are also interweaved by the various connections and ... more

... acquaintances they have. Rose's husband left her when her twin boys were babies. He had an affair with her friend Lucy which knocked her confidence for six and also resulted in her becoming a bit stuck in a rut. Her friends are all concerned to get her out and about meeting people - particularly a man - but sometimes you can try too hard and actually overlook where love might be closer to home. Lucy is discovering that being a wife is somewhat different to being a mistress. She is struggling to juggle being a wife...more

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Young Wives' Tales - Adele Parks: Just another 'young wives' tale'! (686 words)
by kingfisher111 - written on 22.04.08 (Very useful, 157 readings)
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I have just finished reading Young Wive's Tales by Adele Parks. She has written a number of books which I have enjoyed and this latest was just as good. It's also quite light reading and as there are some times when I don't want to have to tax my brain too much, it is an ideal read for those occasions. I was attracted by the title which is obviously a different take on the expression 'old wives' tales'! It was interesting as I read it though to note that the story is actually told by three different people of which only one could be classed as a 'young wife' The three story tellers are Rose (a divorcee who was once married to Peter), Lucy (who is married to ...

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