A WOMAN'S LIFE - Softcover

Ranks with the best achievements of fine authors such as Joanna Trollope, who have staked claims in similar territory ...The novel, which is a pleasure to read from start to finish, has a breadth of vision that left me full of admiration--The Tablet The female characters are so superbly drawn, so real, that you are reminded of the skill of the female novelists of the 19th century ... [the novel's] brilliance lies in a combination of the author's subtle observations - how jealous men can be of their wives' friends, for example - and the absence of sentimentality--Daily Telegraph The novel is a reflection of the characters' lives - vivid, dramatic and sometimes chaotic, with emotional volume turned up to full blast . . . a narrative of striking exuberance and generosity--The Times Played out against a backdrop of world events, including the Feminist movement and the Troubles in Northern Ireland, this is an entertaining study of the dynamics of friendship--Good Housekeeping