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Synopsis
How could this happen to me? Simone is a wife and a mother. She's 34 years old, and together with her husband Eric and their two small children, she has left the hustle and bustle of Holland for a remote village in the south of France. They have bought a tumbledown country estate to renovate and turn into a home and family business, a guesthouse. But where do you find good workmen in an unfamiliar village? And how will Simone maintain an exciting relationship with Eric when the stress of the renovation starts taking its toll? As the work in and around the house picks up, Simone gets tired of always adjusting her own life her husband's plans. She finds refuge in a passionate affair with the irresistible twenty-year-old labourer Michel. Gradually, she begins to lose control. And in time, she has no one left to turn to...
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About the Author
Esther Verhoef was born in 1968 and gained recognition for her critically acclaimed action thrillers Restless and Under Pressure. She is also the author of Close-Up, which was shortlisted for the 2007 Golden Noose for best thriller of the year. Alexander Smith (born 1984) graduated from Cambridge University in Modern and Medieval Languages in 2006. He has lived and worked in the Netherlands, Japan and South Korea.
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'Terrific' Sunday Times. * Sunday Times * 'Verhoef manages to lead us away from the path we thought we were following and constructs an intriguing morality tale that is a bestseller across Europe' Mail on Sunday. * Mail on Sunday * 'I did enjoy the excellent writing' Literary Review. * Literary Review *
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- PublisherQuercus
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 1847243312
- ISBN 13 9781847243317
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages345
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