Elizabeth Buchan, Author . Viking $24.95 (341p) ISBN 978-0-670-03206-8
Living wisely is the best revenge for a London book review editor who loses both husband and job to her conniving assistant in this sophisticated and satisfying novel. Rose Lloyd is in her late 40s and has been happily married for 25 years when...
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Elizabeth Buchan, Author . Viking $24.95 (304p) ISBN 978-0-670-03280-8
When Fanny, 23, first lays eyes on Will, 28, he is making a speech in his bid for a seat in Parliament. They fall in love instantly, and this latest novel by Buchan (Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
,etc.) records the parallel 19-year trajectories...
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Elizabeth Buchan, Author . Viking $23.95 (368p) ISBN 978-0-670-03373-7
The separate stories of two women—one a career-driven late–20th-century professional and the other a 1950s housewife—are awkwardly juxtaposed in this third novel by British author Buchan (Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
; The Good
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Elizabeth Buchan, Author . Viking $24.95 (338p) ISBN 978-0-670-03488-8
Rose, the protagonist in the bestselling Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman
, stood tall when Minty Lloyd stole both her husband and her job. Buchan now gives Minty the spotlight as she discovers the dangers of getting what you want. Picking up seven...
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Elizabeth Buchan, Viking, $26.95 (372p) ISBN 978-0-670-02236-6
The prolific Buchan (Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman) paints an achingly touching portrait of a marriage and family in crisis, hobbled by economic recession and long-buried emotions. For middle-class Londoners Annie and Tom Nicholson—she's a...
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Elizabeth Buchan, Author, E. Buchan, Author Thomas Dunne Books $24.95 (256p) ISBN 978-0-312-20568-3
The often stifling responsibilities of marriage and family life and the lure and complications of adultery are subtly and movingly explored by British author Buchan (Consider the Lily). Prue Valour, 41, is contentedly married to 60-year-old Max, and
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Elizabeth Buchan, read by Sarah Le Fevre. Penguin Audio, unabridged, 12 CDs, 14 hrs., $39.95 ISBN 978-0-14-242885-6
Buchan's novel about a family unraveling, then putting itself back together, has mixed results on audio. The dramatic scenes that move the plot forward are very effective: Tom painfully revealing to Annie that he's lost his job and, later, that he...
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Elizabeth Buchan, Author, Jean Gilpin, Read by , read by Jean Gilpin. HighBridge $34.95 (0p) ISBN 978-1-56511-751-8
Audio reviews reflect PW's assessment of the audio adaptation of a book and should be quoted only in reference to the audio version.FictionREVENGE OF THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMANElizabeth Buchan, read by Jean Gilpin. HighBridge, unabridged, eight CDs,...
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