Mixed Doubles
by Jill Mansell
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From New York Times and #1 international bestselling queen of chick-lit Jill Mansell comes a humorous novel about three women determined to make this year different than the last.New Year's resolutions never go according to plan...
As the 90s draw to a close, Liza wants to get married, Dulcie wants a divorce, and Pru wants things in her relationship to stay exactly the same. Those are the New Year's resolutions these three best friends have vowed to keep this year. But if you want to change show more your mind about your resolutions—and who doesn't?—you probably shouldn't have told your closest pals.
Regardless of good intentions, every effort to help each other only gets things more mixed up. Fortunately for all concerned, Fate has got a few tricks of her own in store...
Readers of Sophie Kinsella and Elin Hilderbrand will love escaping into this perfect vacation read which proves that, even with the best-laid plans, you never know what a year might hold for you.
Also by Jill Mansell:
It Started With a Secret
This Could Change Everything
Miranda's Big Mistake
Maybe This Time
. Humor (Fiction.) Literature. Fiction. Romance. show less
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Three close friends make their New Year resolutions. Liza, who gets bored with men within a few weeks, would like to get married. Pru, whose husband is a womanising drunk, is determined to stay married. And Dulcie, whose husband Patrick is a very likeable and good-looking guy, wants a divorce. He works too hard and she feels neglected.
The book follows their year, and their love-lives, with several lively sub-plots as we learn whether or not each of them achieves her resolution. Classic chick-lit, I suppose, with rather shallow people and loose morals... and yet, I kept reading, and found myself warming to all three of the main characters before the end. Three and a half stars, really.
The book follows their year, and their love-lives, with several lively sub-plots as we learn whether or not each of them achieves her resolution. Classic chick-lit, I suppose, with rather shallow people and loose morals... and yet, I kept reading, and found myself warming to all three of the main characters before the end. Three and a half stars, really.
The three friends of this story are all looking for love - one has never found "the one", one thinks the grass is greener, and one is holding onto a guy better kicked to the curb. I enjoyed watching each one work out romantic happiness - if only it were that easy in real life! But Ms. Mansell is always good for a feel-good escape from reality.
A book I wasn't convinced I'd continue reading until I discovered one of the main characters was Irish. Perfectly timed with my participation in the 2012 Ireland Reading Challenge I carried on to completion.
Unlikely romantic escapades of 3 friends who share their New Year wishes with each other, then live them out 'til the next New Year. Definitely a chick lit read with main focus on their sex lives. Any women with lives that frivolous need to wake up to reality.. which they seem to by conclusion of book, but a lot of drivel to read through to get there.
The country club's Irish tennis pro, Liam, was a womanizer that one of our protagonists happily welcomed into her life until she accepted the unhappy truth of who he really was. She show more would have done well to adhere to Maya Angelou's adage, "when someone shows you who they are, believe them the 1st time"! Thankfully, the story rolls along to a better conclusion for each of our sorry stars.. a bit of redemption for the reading time invested. Perhaps a "grass is greener.." expose? and thankfully, they each discover that reality in time to change their ways! show less
Unlikely romantic escapades of 3 friends who share their New Year wishes with each other, then live them out 'til the next New Year. Definitely a chick lit read with main focus on their sex lives. Any women with lives that frivolous need to wake up to reality.. which they seem to by conclusion of book, but a lot of drivel to read through to get there.
The country club's Irish tennis pro, Liam, was a womanizer that one of our protagonists happily welcomed into her life until she accepted the unhappy truth of who he really was. She show more would have done well to adhere to Maya Angelou's adage, "when someone shows you who they are, believe them the 1st time"! Thankfully, the story rolls along to a better conclusion for each of our sorry stars.. a bit of redemption for the reading time invested. Perhaps a "grass is greener.." expose? and thankfully, they each discover that reality in time to change their ways! show less
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Jill Mansell is a British author of romantic comedy. Mansell grew up in the Cotswolds and attended Sir William Romney's School in Tetbury. After working at the Burden Neurological Institute in Bristol for many years, she became a full-time writer in 1992. Jill Mansell is among the bestselling and most well-known chick-lit authors. In 2009, The show more Telegraph listed Jill Mansell as one of the best-selling authors of the decade. Her novel, Rumour Has It, spent eight weeks in The Sunday Times hardback bestseller list in 2009 and the paperback ranked third in The Sunday Times bestseller list An Offer You Can't Refuse, was in The Sunday Times paperback charts for five weeks in 2008. In 2011, 'Take A Chance On Me' won the Romantic Novleists Association's Romantic Comedy Prize. Her book title's include: Fast Friends, Solo, Open House, Falling for You, Millie's Fling, Don't Want To Miss a Thing and The Unpredictable Consequences of Love. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Mixed Doubles
- Original title
- Mixed Doubles
- Original publication date
- 1998
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