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THE OTHER FAMILY.
by Trollope, Joanna
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Seller
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About This Item
New York:: Touchstone / Simon & Schuster,, (2010). First edition -. Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.. Advance Reading Copy (trade paperback format. ) Advance issue for the trade paperback edition. A once famous pianist dies leaving behind two families - a wife and son in the North of England whom he had long abandoned and his partner and three children in London, but the terms of his will force the families to confront each other, 321 pp,
Synopsis
A topical and utterly compelling contemporary novel from the number one bestselling author.Chrissie always believed that Richie loved her, had loved her for all the twenty-three years they'd been together, loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, lively existence. But if she really was the love of his life, why had he never given her the one thing that would have made her life perfect? The ring she wore was not a wedding ring, and it did not bring her the security of marriage. That belonged, still, to Margaret, back in Newcastle where Richie had started off as a musician, before he became famous. Margaret and her son Scott never saw Richie, and had never met the three girls. They were his other family, not mentioned but always in Chrissie's mind, an obstacle to her complete happiness.And then, suddenly and shockingly, Richie is no longer there, and Chrissie and the girls have to learn to manage without him. The presence of the other family becomes, all at once, impossible to ignore – not least because they are involved in Richie's will. Old resentments, and feelings of abandonment and loss, have to jostle with the practicalities of money and property...
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- Seller
- Bookfever.com, IOBA
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 62771
- Title
- THE OTHER FAMILY.
- Author
- Trollope, Joanna
- Format/Binding
- First edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in glossy illustrated wrappers.
- Publisher
- Touchstone / Simon & Schuster,
- Place of Publication
- New York:
- Date Published
- (2010)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Women Authors;
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- First Edition
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