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Manželka, Která Utekla (2012)

by Tess Stimson(Favorite Author)

3.73 of 5 Votes: 3

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Domino

review 1: Kat is in a rut, her husband Ned is next to useless, despite being a free lance journalist he spends more time dossing around the house, forgets anniversaries and in general may as well be a third child in their family. Guy and Agness are the two real children in the relationship, Guy, a sweet teenage boy who is struggling with bullying at school but won't tell and Agness, a stroppy 14 year old. Kat's job is demanding, sure it pays well but it seems lately they want blood for that salary and there is always someone nipping at her heels for her job.Acting impulsively one day , Kat gets on a plane and heads to an old friend in Italy telling no one and secretly hopes that Ned will drop all and come woo her back home. Only it doesn't quite happen as she had hoped and when thi... morengs go really wrong at home forcing her return Kat has to question what she really wants in life.The story is told through the eyes of the key characters and I really enjoyed seeing the dilemmas faced from their perspective. The only character I can say I truly liked was Guy, my heart broke for him and what he was going through, the rest I just wanted to shake. Nevertheless it may as well have been a true tale as I am sure many relationships pose the problems that Kat and Ned go through. An average read for me but reasonably enjoyable.
review 2: What a good story, this book was given to me by a work colleague who had really enjoyed it and I in turn have given it another work colleague as I truly enjoyed it too.The last straw for Kate was when her mother phoned to say not to buy the gloves she has asked for as Agness has already bought them for her. This call came just as Kate was paying for the said gloves after rushing out in her lunch hour, something she had not wanted to do as she was in a fight for her job against a new member of staff. Without really thinking about what she is doing instead of going back to work to an important meeting Kate catches a plane to Italy and goes to stay with her friend, Julia from Uni, who she has lost contact with in the last couple of years. Julia says that she expected her at some time.Kate has been juggling a very busy job, a husband who does not pull his weight (maybe because he is not game enough to) and 2 children who are at crises in their lives. Plus she has her mother to deal with. While in Italy she has an affair and falls in love with a younger man and reconnects with her friend. Meanwhile her family back home rally around to pull their weight there too, that is after their daughter Agness gets her father moving.It had a good ending, for me there were some tears as a final decision was made. A good read. less

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