The Next Best Thing

The Next Best Thing

by SarahLong (Author)

Synopsis

At thirty-five, Jane, a freelance translator, realises something rather disturbing. After fifteen years spent building the life she believed she wanted, shes failed. She thought she had everything perfectly balanced - working from home allows her to keep her financial independence, spend time with her daughter and escape office politics - but somehow, instead of combining a rewarding career with a satisfying mother-daughter relationship, shes become an all-purpose dogsbody, rushing from crisis to crisis and combining missing deadlines with repairing the dishwasher. Rupert is also leading the life he planned: a job in the city, a glamorous girlfriend, plenty of money. But hes beginning to have doubts about the dull-but-sensible route hes chosen - and to realise its just possible he wants more out of life. So when he and Jane meet, each escaping their day-to-day life with a stolen afternoon in the peace of the cinema, they both start to wonder whether its really enough to settle for the next best thing.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Publisher: Century
Published: 03 Feb 2005

ISBN 10: 1844131807
ISBN 13: 9781844131808
Book Overview: The irresistible new novel from the author of ND WHAT DO YOU DO?

Media Reviews
One to get your teeth -- or claws -- into. -- Daily Mirror A grass-is-greener comedy about the quagmire of female choices. -- Woman's Own From the Trade Paperback edition.
Author Bio
Sarah Long worked for several years in publishing before giving it all up to move to Paris with her husband and three children. Following several years of the Parisian experience, they now live back in London.