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A Friend of the Family

The addictive and emotionally satisfying page-turner that will have you hooked

Lisa Jewell author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd

Published:30th Oct '03

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The huge bestseller from the author of Then She Was Gone and The Girls

A stranger in the house can only mean trouble

The London family is in crisis.

Newly-divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he shouldn't.

Prize-winning writer Sean has a hot new girlfriend, and a dose of writer's block.

Their brother Ned has just come back from Australia, leaving his girlfriend behind.

And now they have a new lodger - a mysterious stranger.

But is he the friend this family needs, or a troublemaker they could do without?

'Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient' Sunday Times

'Funny and emotionally satisfying' The Times

'A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish' Heat

This book shows Jewell coming into her prime - both funny and emotionally satisfying * The Times *
Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient * Sunday Times *
A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet * Heat *
Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction * Glamour *
The perfect summer read * Marie Claire *
Jewell's light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It's a lot of fun * Daily Mail *
This novel will make you feel warm inside * New Woman *
Praise for Lisa Jewell * - *
Addictively readable * The Times *
A joy . . . a fun summer read * Guardian *

ISBN: 9780140295979

Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 27mm

Weight: 305g

432 pages