The Mother-in-Law

An intelligent, accessible and darkly funny novel about a woman who moves in with her son and daughter-in-law, and tries to destroy their marriage.

Vivacious Greek girl Electra and reserved Englishman Adam are chalk and cheese on paper. Nevertheless, their bond is unbreakable - until his mother arrives on the scene. With sizeable pinches of love, tragedy and humour, this is deliciously satisfying

Engaging, delicately observed and believable story of a young couple's struggle to stay together after his acid mother moves in with them to recuperate from an accident

A witty, fun yet cautionary tale of marriage

A darkly funny novel about interference, Alzheimer's, Greek Cypriot warmth and several misunderstandings

A whole cacophony of characters from different cultures crowd into this warm and funny novel... A lovely book, rich with snapshots of Cypriot history and culture and an excellent observation of how different families communicate

An engaging and darkly humorous insight into the havoc wrought by a disastrous mother/daughter-in-law relationship, albeit with a delicious cultural twist

Eve Makis was born in Nottingham to Greek Cypriot parents, who emigrated to England in the 1960s. After graduating from Leicester University she studied journalism and moved to London to work as a reporter for Middlesex County Press. In 1994 she left London for Cyprus, where she worked as a freelance writer, radio presenter and as a reporter for the London Evening Standard. She returned to England with her Cypriot husband in 2001. They now live in Nottingham with their daughter. The Mother-in-Law is her second novel, her first, Eat, Drink and Be Married, was voted the Young Booksellers International Book of the Year 2005 and is also published by Black Swan. 
 
Visit the author's website at: www.evemakis.com

YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FRIENDS BUT YOU CAN'T CHOOSE YOUR MOTHER-IN-LAW. 
 
Electra and Adam are living proof that opposites attract. 
Electra is warm, passionate and creative. She wants to have a baby. 
Adam is calm, reasonable and very English. He doesn't. 
Enter the mother-in-law... 
Cold, critical and snobbish, she disapproves of her son's marriage. 
And then she moves in with them. 
Will their relationship survive? 
 
A darkly funny, insightful and cautionary tale that will make you question where your loyalties lie.

Eve Makis

Life had lost its sweetness. Socrates felt as if he had eaten an accursed apple and was, like Adam, suddenly prone to emotions he had never before experienced - fear, loneliness and shame. 
 
For Socrates, growing up in a small, Cypriot village isn't idyllic so much as frustrating. Summer is on the horizon and yet his parents, his teachers and his interfering neighbours seem intent on preventing Socrates and his friends from having any fun. But times are changing and the jasmine-scented breezes mingle with the threat of danger. Behind the facade of respectable island life lurk dark and menacing presences. 
 
Land of the Golden Apple is a bewitching coming-of-age novel about the lives and loves, joys and despairs of a diverse yet tightly-knit community and about how those same ties that bind us can also constrict us...

Eve Makis

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