The Larger Than Life
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基本信息·出版社：Penguin Books
·页码：320 页
·出版日期：2002年04月
·ISBN：0140299599
·条形码：9780140299595
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
内容简介 Georgina fell in love with Hugh Carter the moment she saw him. She's never loved another man. She was eighteen. She's now thirty-two and Hugh has finally moved in with her. Faces tend to fall when she mentions that when they first met he was seeing a friend of hers, whom he subsequently married and had two children with. But hey. Life's not a fairy tale. All is well until George finds that one small miscalculation with dates leaves her - pregnant. Still reeling from this news she notices that Hugh is turning out to be a bit of a disappointment. After fourteen years of seeing life through a Hugh-tinted filter can George start to make up her own mind?
作者简介 ADELE PARKS is the author of two novels, PLAYING AWAY and GAME OVER. She lives in London with her husband and baby son.
编辑推荐 From Booklist Georgie met Hugh during her first year at university and knew that he was the man for her. Unfortunately, it took Hugh one marriage and two children to decide that she was the one for him. Georgie spent the intervening years transforming herself for the momentous occasion, but now she is no longer the svelte woman making a splash in advertising and living the high life in London because she's pregnant, moody, and, unforgivably, gaining weight. Her friends are falling by the wayside because they don't understand the vagaries of pregnancy, while her sympathy for Hugh's wife is increasing. Hugh, however, is not turning out to be the ideal domestic partner. His life continues to be the same while Georgie deals with the coming baby without much support. An array of interesting, very British characters adds to the flavor of the story, making for a Bridget Jones meets motherhood scenario in Parks' fun and funny ode to motherhood in modern London.
Patty EngelmannCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Review "Playing Away is wickedly funny and very sexy."
Review Marie ClaireEntertaining and sophisticated.
--This text refers to the Paperback edition.
