The Other Family
an utterly compelling novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope
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3.7 • 36 Ratings
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will love this absorbing, emotionally charged and beautifully written novel from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. Our lives are not always as rock-solid as we think...
'Inventive, surprising and fascinating' - The Times
'A page-turner that feels like sinking into a warm, deep bath. With Trollope you are always in safe hands. Highly recommended' -- Sunday Express
'Trollope is shrewdly observant of human interaction' -- Daily Telegraph
'Fascinating' -- ***** Reader review
'Absolutely gripping' -- ***** Reader review
'I could hardly bear to put it down' -- ***** Reader review
'Another unputdownable book from Joanna Trollope' -- ***** Reader review
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SOME SECRETS ARE TOO BIG TO STAY HIDDEN...
Chrissie had always believed that her husband Richie was the one. With their three daughters, a lovely house and a fulfilling career, things couldn't be much better. And even if he hadn't given her the one thing she really wanted, she knew he loved her.
But suddenly Richie is no longer there and, without him, Chrissie's carefully constructed life comes tumbling down and the secrets start to come out.
As the practicalities of Richie's will must be sorted out, Chrissie must tell her daughters of their father's other family, a wife and son he had abandoned years before and sworn never to see again. And now, it is finally time for the two families to face each other...
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
An unexpected line in a will leads to complications and new beginnings in Trollope s eminently readable latest (after Friday Nights). The novel opens outside London with the sudden death of Richie Rossiter, a once-popular pianist whose star has been on the wane for some time. Chrissie, Richie s partner for the past 23 years, is shocked to learn that Richie has left his piano and his early musical estate to his other family Margaret, the wife he never divorced, and their son, Scott, now an aimless bachelor. Soon after, Chrissie s youngest daughter, Amy, becomes fascinated with her father s original family and his humble roots, leading to a tentative friendship with her half-brother that may result in new opportunities for both of Richie s families. At times, the grieving characters particularly Chrissie seem excessively distraught about trivial matters, but Trollope s keen ear for dialogue and her pointed development of secondary characters keep the novel on the safe side of overwrought, while the hopeful if too tidy conclusion highlights the sometimes surprising possibilities that can emerge in the wake of grief.
