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The huge bestseller from the author of Then She Was Gone and The Girls

A stranger in the house can only mean trouble

The London family is in crisis.

Newly-divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he shouldn''t.

Prize-winning writer Sean has a hot new girlfriend, and a dose of writer''s block.

Their brother Ned has just come back from Australia, leaving his girlfriend behind.

And now they have a new lodger - a mysterious stranger.

But is he the friend this family needs, or a troublemaker they could do without?

''Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient'' Sunday Times

''Funny and emotionally satisfying'' The Times

''A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish'' Heat



Trade Review
This book shows Jewell coming into her prime - both funny and emotionally satisfying * The Times *
Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient * Sunday Times *
A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet * Heat *
Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction * Glamour *
The perfect summer read * Marie Claire *
Jewell's light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It's a lot of fun * Daily Mail *
This novel will make you feel warm inside * New Woman *
Praise for Lisa Jewell * - *
Addictively readable * The Times *
A joy . . . a fun summer read * Guardian *
The best romantic comedy we've read in ages * Company *
Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun * Sunday Express *
A triumph * Hello *
Top marks. Fantastic * Heat *
Lovely * Daily Telegraph *
Moving and intelligent * Independent *
Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners * Cosmopolitan *
Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into * Sunday Telegraph *

A Friend of the Family

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 30/10/2003
      ISBN13: 9780140295979, 978-0140295979
      ISBN10: 0140295976

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      The huge bestseller from the author of Then She Was Gone and The Girls

      A stranger in the house can only mean trouble

      The London family is in crisis.

      Newly-divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he shouldn''t.

      Prize-winning writer Sean has a hot new girlfriend, and a dose of writer''s block.

      Their brother Ned has just come back from Australia, leaving his girlfriend behind.

      And now they have a new lodger - a mysterious stranger.

      But is he the friend this family needs, or a troublemaker they could do without?

      ''Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient'' Sunday Times

      ''Funny and emotionally satisfying'' The Times

      ''A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish'' Heat



      Trade Review
      This book shows Jewell coming into her prime - both funny and emotionally satisfying * The Times *
      Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient * Sunday Times *
      A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet * Heat *
      Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction * Glamour *
      The perfect summer read * Marie Claire *
      Jewell's light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It's a lot of fun * Daily Mail *
      This novel will make you feel warm inside * New Woman *
      Praise for Lisa Jewell * - *
      Addictively readable * The Times *
      A joy . . . a fun summer read * Guardian *
      The best romantic comedy we've read in ages * Company *
      Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun * Sunday Express *
      A triumph * Hello *
      Top marks. Fantastic * Heat *
      Lovely * Daily Telegraph *
      Moving and intelligent * Independent *
      Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners * Cosmopolitan *
      Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into * Sunday Telegraph *

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