The Things We Do For Love

Name: The Things We Do For Love
Brand: Recyclivre
Author: Imogen Parker
ISBN: 9780552151559

Imogen Parker

28/08/2008
Corgi

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Couverture de The Things We Do For Love par Imogen Parker

Résumé

Revue de presse "An enthralling novel about love, loss and betrayal." (Woman & Home) Présentation de l'éditeur It is 1969 and in the small English town of Kingshaven, eight year old Julia Allsop wants to be a princess.But a fairytale wedding doesn't necessarily mean happily ever after, and Julia discovers that life is more complicated than dreams of romance...On the other side of town, nineteen-year old feminist Iris Quinn hopes to find independence and a successful career in London,but a passionate, clandestine affair threatens to destroy everything she believes in...The tangled lives of two very different women and their families unfold across two decades of a rapidly changing world:from glass slippers to glass ceilings via Glam Rock, Grease and Greenham Common, Julia and Iris risk all in their search for fulfillment and love. Whatever love means.... Quatrième de couverture Remember the time when love was the answer, even when we didn't know the question?It is 1969 and eight-year-old Julia Allsop wants to be a princess. But a fairytale wedding doesn't guarantee happily ever after and Julia will discover that life is more complicated than dreams of love, whatever love means... Nineteen-year-old would-be feminist Iris Quinn hopes to carve out a successful career, but London in the seventies is full of other temptations, and a passionate clandestine affair threatens to destroy everything she believes in. From glass slippers to glass ceilings via Glam Rock, Grease and Greenham Common, the destinies of two very different women and their families interweave across two decades, as Julia and Iris's quest for fulfilment begins to uncover the corrosive power of secrets. By the acclaimed author of The Time of Our Lives: 'As addictive as a good soap opera' Sunday Times'Divinely readable' The Times Biographie de l'auteur Imogen Parker is the acclaimed author of several novels. Her first novel about Kingshaven and the Palace Hotel, The Time of our Lives, was published by Corgi in 2007. She lives on the south coast with her husband and son.