Madeleine Wickham (Sophie Kinsella) - The Wedding GirlAt the age of 18, in that first golden Oxford summer, Milly was up for anything. Rupert and his American lover, Allan, were an important part of her new, exciting life, so when Rupert suggested to her that she and Allan should get married to keep Allan in the country, Milly didn't hesitate. Ten years later, Milly is a very different person and engaged to Simon - who is wealthy, serious, and believes her to be perfect.
by Madeleine Wickham (Sophie Kinsella) - Strange things happen when two couples struggling with their relationships end up at the same Spanish vacation villa, owned by their mutual friend.
Madeleine was sure she looked younger than her 37 years, but despite her charms, she has yet to meet a man worthy of her virginity. Until she gets to know a colleague. Together they plan a weekend away, but neither of them know that Madeleine has another admirer, who is tracking their every move.
Added by: sistercurare | Karma: 7.02 | Fiction literature | 26 November 2011
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This is the third book of Jeffrey Eugenides, an American author of Greek origin also famous for Middlesex (which won the Pulitzer Prize) and Virgin Suicides (made into a movie by Sofia Coppola) It’s the early 1980s—the country is in a deep recession, and life after college is harder than ever. In the cafés on College Hill, the wised-up kids are inhaling Derrida and listening to Talking Heads. But Madeleine Hanna, dutiful English major, is writing her senior thesis on Jane Austen and George Eliot, purveyors of the marriage plot that lies at the heart of the greatest English novels.
Kate McCann's personal account of the disappearance and continuing search for her daughter You won’t find a more moving and powerful account of love and loss.
