Mrs Zhivago of Queen's Park

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Meet Chloe Zhivago, 43 and definitely not counting. Married for what feels like all eternity to Greg who tests his memory in infuriating ways, for example, by hiding the kettle from himself in the drum of the washing machine. Chloe is a successful psychotherapist with two children and a Famous Friend from hell. She's got it all. So why does she want to rub her life out and start again Is this it She asks herself. Will I never sleep with another man again When Chloe meets temptation in the shape of Ivan, does she dare risk a passionate Russian romance before gravity wins the battle with her face and figure Can she get away with one glorious, final fling Dr Zhivago didn't. And just look what happened to Anna Karenina. MRS ZHIVAGO OF QUEEN'S PARK is a razor sharp, wonderfully funny, sexy novel that asks a serious question - how do you keep love alive during a long marriage - and answers it with poignancy and pure delicious comedy.

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Short story by Olivia in SUNDAY EXPRESS magazine in early October.

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The former Editor of BBC Television's flagship documentary 'Inside Story', Olivia Lichtenstein has worked as an executive producer on a long list of programmes that span subjects as diverse as Russian humour to the Oklahoma bomber. She currently works as a freelance producer, director and journalist. She is in her early forties and lives in West London.