The Other Woman
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4.0 • 30 Ratings
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- £2.99
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Publisher Description
The NO. 1 bestselling author of The Beach House and Mr. Maybe is back - exploring a dilemma that women everywhere will recognise in The Other Woman . . .
'A compelling page-turner from start to finish' Daily Express
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Ellie and Dan are proof that opposites attract.
He always follows instructions - she throws the manual away.
He loves sport - she's allergic to exercise.
She doesn't have a mother - his wants to take over EVERYTHING.
At first Ellie is thrilled to have Linda as her 'adopted' mother and to be a part of the close, loving Cooper family.
But when she and Dan decide to get married, she starts to find her future mother-in-law is just a bit too involved, and suddenly her wedding is turning into something she never even wanted. Is Ellie marrying Dan . . . or his mother?!
One thing's for sure, before the big day Ellie's going to have to work out who comes first in Dan's affections . . .
'Will send a shiver down the spines of brides everywhere' Daily Mirror
'Utterly compulsive' Company
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Ellie's found her Mr. Right too bad his mom's got him all wrapped up in her apron strings. Bestseller Green (Bookends; Jemima J; etc.) saddles her heroine with the mother-in-law from hell in her latest bit of comic frippery. Ellie's mom was an alcoholic who died when Ellie was 13, so it's understandable that at first she's "over the moon" about being embraced by Dan's entire family. But poor Ellie never saw the meddlesome Mrs. Cooper coming. Mrs. Cooper calls her three times a day at work, plays devoted son against desperate daughter-in-law, takes control of the wedding plans and then, after the wedding and then birth of Ellie's son, Tom, seems to forget that Ellie even exists ("Hello, my gorgeous boys," she croons into the answering machine). More and more significant troubles loom: having a baby is hard! Marriage is hard! Green offers scenes of real pathos. ("We've become one of those couples that I used to dread becoming: the couples that sit in restaurants all night and don't say a word to each other"). The setup is solid, but the prose is flat: Ellie narrates with all the energy and lan of a bored, middle-aged housewife. She perks up, though, at the requisite happy ending.
