Far from Over
by Sheila O'Flanagan | Literature & Fiction | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0747262373 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0747262373 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Lutrus of Canterbury, Kent United Kingdom on 10/17/2005
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Sheila O'Flanagan admirers will undoubtedly rate Far From Over as among her best yet. Having already achieved considerable acclaim for such charming and involving books as Dreaming of a Stranger, her work is distinguished by its combination of warmth and spry humour, which makes the narratives quite unlike those of any other author. Gemma, her heroine here, is considering how to end the moribund marriage she is caught in. When she makes the decision to go it alone with two kids, she finds herself surprised that she is so resentful when her career-obsessed husband David marries Orla, whom Gemma finds to be a brainless redhead. But Orla has her own problems as she wonders how she will follow the super-efficient Gemma when it comes to running a home; she can't even cook. And then there's David, who loves both women...
The situation has a whole mass of possibilities and O'Flanagan is astute enough to make the most of them all. All the characters are drawn with richness and sympathy, and this is her most beguiling book yet.
Sheila O'Flanagan admirers will undoubtedly rate Far From Over as among her best yet. Having already achieved considerable acclaim for such charming and involving books as Dreaming of a Stranger, her work is distinguished by its combination of warmth and spry humour, which makes the narratives quite unlike those of any other author. Gemma, her heroine here, is considering how to end the moribund marriage she is caught in. When she makes the decision to go it alone with two kids, she finds herself surprised that she is so resentful when her career-obsessed husband David marries Orla, whom Gemma finds to be a brainless redhead. But Orla has her own problems as she wonders how she will follow the super-efficient Gemma when it comes to running a home; she can't even cook. And then there's David, who loves both women...
The situation has a whole mass of possibilities and O'Flanagan is astute enough to make the most of them all. All the characters are drawn with richness and sympathy, and this is her most beguiling book yet.
Journal Entry 2 by Lutrus at UK Unconvention 2006 in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Friday, June 30, 2006
Released 17 yrs ago (7/1/2006 UTC) at UK Unconvention 2006 in Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom
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For the book table
For the book table
Brought back from the Unconvention to share with bookcrossing friends who couldn't come.
Journal Entry 4 by purplerosebud from Petersfield, Hampshire United Kingdom on Monday, January 15, 2007
Sorry it's taken me this long to realise we already have this book so I'm going to find a new home for it very soon.
Journal Entry 5 by StGeorges at St George's OBCZ in Waterlooville, Hampshire United Kingdom on Wednesday, May 14, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (5/13/2008 UTC) at St George's OBCZ in Waterlooville, Hampshire United Kingdom
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Left on the shelf in the entrance porch of the church hall.
Left on the shelf in the entrance porch of the church hall.