The Birthday Party
by Veronica Henry
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The stars are coming out to play ... The brilliant novel from the author of THE BEACH HUT. Secrets, rivalry, glamour - it's time for the party of the year... Delilah has lived out her tempestuous marriage to hell-raiser Raf in the glare of the media spotlight. Now planning a milestone birthday, she has more on her mind than invitations. Raf has been offered a part in a movie he can't refuse. But will he succumb to the temptations he's struggled to resist for the last ten years? Delilah's show more three daughters are building careers of their own, only too aware that the press are waiting for them to slip up. For the Rafferty girls might look like angels, but they are only human. It's the perfect recipe for a party like no other... show lessTags
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The story of a celebrity family headed by a previous wild man actor and a famous female celebrity chef. Hmm wonder what Delilah is similar to..? Famous name matching became quite a game... including a female green fingered celebrity. They have 3 very spoilt but endearing adult daughters and the book follows all their lives loves and careers whilst their dad makes a comeback film and their mum becomes 50 and deals with some life changing events. Aided by lots of staff especially Polly Delilah's PA and Tony the family publicist/PR person.
Veronica uses much of her TV production experience in the book and I think she has an especial fondness for dogs as at one point Doug the Pug is the only one I don't feel like I want to scream at . show more Animal welfare must also be a big concern to her as there is a couple of parts which were almost unbearable to read. Fair play to her for highlighting a big problem. This plays quite a big part in the book...it distracted me at times as I was gearing myself up for the reveal. It serves to be quite an eye opener on a couple of the characters and a knitting together of their stories...probably even more than The Birthday Party!
Frustration aside a few chapters to go and I couldn't put it down.
I've knocked off half a point for the language which at times was a bit too..lazy? and for the ending. show less
Veronica uses much of her TV production experience in the book and I think she has an especial fondness for dogs as at one point Doug the Pug is the only one I don't feel like I want to scream at . show more Animal welfare must also be a big concern to her as there is a couple of parts which were almost unbearable to read. Fair play to her for highlighting a big problem. This plays quite a big part in the book...it distracted me at times as I was gearing myself up for the reveal. It serves to be quite an eye opener on a couple of the characters and a knitting together of their stories...probably even more than The Birthday Party!
Frustration aside a few chapters to go and I couldn't put it down.
I've knocked off half a point for the language which at times was a bit too..lazy? and for the ending. show less
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Veronica Henry is a British writer of romance novels and TV scripts, and a journalist. She was born in 1963. She studied Classics at the University of Bristol. She has worked for the BBC radio writing several episodes for The Archers and BBC television as a script-edit and scriptwriter for various shows. Her first novel, Honeycote, was published show more in 2002. It was followed by two other books which make up the Honeycote Saga, Making Hay (2003) and Just a Family Affair (2008). A Night on the Orient Express (2013) won the 2014 Romantic Novel of the Year. Her later novels include A Sea Change, The Beach Hut Next Door, and How to Find Love in a Book Shop (2016). (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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