Sheer Abandon: A Novel
by Penny Vincenzi
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Author: Penny VincenziEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-08
ISBN: 0767926250
Number of pages: 656
Publisher: Anchor
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Book Review: No BOREDOM HERE
Summary: 5 Stars
I just finished reading SHEER ABANDON. I honestly found it hard to put down and this is the first novel in a long
time that held my interest throughout. Ms. Vincenzi is new to me and I'm anxious to read something else by her. Adriana Trigiani referred to her as the "plot twist queen" and she certainly was in this book. So many things happening to so many people at the same time creating a fast moving, interesting, well-written account of the lives of former travelling companions of years ago who meet up again and become enmeshed in each others lives. I found nothing far-fetched and everything believable. Emotions ran high in some places and I reached for the tissues more than once. I'm not particularly interested in English politics but
creating a new party by hard-driving individuals exemplified what the political scene is - any political scene - anywhere.
I truly liked each and every character - well, maybe not Janet Frean so much but she was interesting in her ruthlessness. I highly recommend this book.
Summary of Sheer Abandon: A Novel
A number-one bestseller from one of Britain?s most popular novelists, Sheer Abandon is an all-consuming story revolving around the consequences of a desperate act . . .Martha, Clio, and Jocasta meet by chance at Heathrow airport in 1985 as they are starting off on separate backpacking adventures, and they decide to spend the first few days of their trips together in Thailand. When they go their separate ways, they vow to get together in London the following year. But many years pass before the three cross paths again, and the once-capricious, carefree girls now all have thriving careers. One of them, however, harbors a terrible secret: On her return from her pre-college excursion, she abandoned her just-born daughter at Heathrow.
Clio has fulfilled her ambition of becoming a doctor, only to find herself trapped in a marriage to an arrogant surgeon who belittles her and her professional achievements. Martha is a highly paid corporate lawyer, just embarking on a political career. Dedicated to her job, she has had little time for personal relationships and lives a busy, but lonely life. Jocasta, a tabloid newspaper reporter with an infallible instinct for the big story, is in love with a charming colleague who can?t make the permanent commitment she longs for. The infant abandoned at Heathrow has grown up under the loving care of her adoptive family. Now a beautiful teenager named Kate, she sets out to find her birth mother?a quest that unexpectedly brings the women together and exposes the secret buried so many years before.
Impossible to put down, Sheer Abandon is top-notch women?s fiction.
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