Wife in the North by Judith O'Reilly

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Wife in the North

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Penguin
Paperback : 03 Jul 2008

£7.99

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Synopsis

Maybe hormones ate her brain. How else would Judith's husband have prised her away from London to the depths of Northumberland? Pregnant with number three and a long way from home, Judith is about to discover that there are one or two things about life in Northumberland he never mentioned - the fact that the nearest thing to an ethnic minority would be a redhead, that running out of petrol in a snowstorm was a really bad idea and that she’d be making friends with people who believed in the four horsemen of the apocalypse.

Judith tries to do that simple thing that women do, make hers a happy family. A family that might live happily ever after. Possibly even up North...

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Customer Review: 10 December 2009

Reviewer: Wendy

'I so enjoyed this book - well written and laugh out loud funny. I will keep it to read again - hope there will be another book by the author.'

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Critic Review:

'... O'Reilly faces up tot the challenges of her new life with a fine line in gallows humour and resilient determination. This hit blog-turned-novel is funny and tenderly moving.'
- Marie Claire

'Laugh-out-loud funny and so truthfully raw, it's painful.'
- Red

'A hilarious account of one woman's struggle to come to terms with her family's move to a cottage in remote Northumberland.'
- Woman & Home

'Despite the humour, the book is not superficial and recounts the real issues of trying to adapt and make one's way in a subtly different culture. Any woman would enjoy this - it's hilarious.'
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