Second Honeymoon: an absorbing and authentic novel from one of Britains most popular authors

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When the last of your children has flown the nest, will there be time for a second honeymoon This heart-warming and uplifting novel from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope is perfect for fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse. It's a story of relationships in which everybody can find something to identify with, and even learn from. Perfect to settle down with! 'The queen of the domestic dilemma...observant and empathetic' - The Sunday Times 'The ebb and flow of relationships is brilliantly handled' - The Observer 'One of the finest chroniclers of how we live now' - Independent on Sunday 'A highly readable, often un-put-down-able novel which I thoroughly enjoyed.' -- ***** Reader review 'Excellent, engaging novel. Like having a warm blanket around your shoulders!' -- ***** Reader review 'Trollope at her best again' -- ***** Reader review *************************************************************************************** SECOND HONEYMOON- THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER When the children have come and gone, can a marriage pick up where it left off Ben is, at last, leaving home. At twenty-two, he's the youngest of the family. His mother, Edie, an actress, is distraught. His father, Russell, a theatrical agent, is rather hoping to get his wife back. His brother, Matthew, is struggling in a relationship in which he achieves and earns less than his girlfriend. And his sister, Rosa, is wrestling with debt and the end of a turbulent love affair. Meet the Boyd family and the empty nest, twenty-first-century style.

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The author's witty manipulation of her characters recalls the other Trollope, although there is nothing Victorian about her style... perfectly pitched dialogue * The Times *
One of the finest chroniclers of the way we live now * Independent on Sunday *
Trollope has perfectly caught the angst of the empty nest... the ebb and flow of relationships is brilliantly handled * The Observer *
The queen of the domestic dilemma... observant and empathetic * The Sunday Times *
Trollope has always written well and convincingly about property. It's her refusal to divorce her characters' inner lives from the accumulated stuff of their outer ones that makes the best of it so compelling * The Daily Telegraph *

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Joanna Trollope is the author of eagerly awaited and sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic nuaunces and dilemmas of life in present-day England. She has also written a number of historical novels and Britannia's Daughters, a study of women in the British Empire. In 1988 she wrote her first contemporary novel, The Choir, and this was followed by A Village Affair, A Passionate Man, The Rector's Wife, The Men and the Girls, A Spanish Lover, The Best of Friends, Next of Kin, Other People's Children, Marrying the Mistress, Girl from the South and, most recently, Brother & Sister. Joanna Trollope was born in Gloucestershire and lives in London. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature.