The Other Family: an utterly compelling novel from bestselling author Joanna Trollope

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A topical and utterly compelling contemporary novel from the number one bestselling author. Fans of Elizabeth Noble, Erica James and Amanda Prowse will love this absorbing, emotionally charged and beautifully written novel from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. Our lives are not always as rock-solid as we think... 'Inventive, surprising and fascinating' - The Times 'A page-turner that feels like sinking into a warm, deep bath. With Trollope you are always in safe hands. Highly recommended' -- Sunday Express 'Trollope is shrewdly observant of human interaction' -- Daily Telegraph 'Fascinating' -- ***** Reader review 'Absolutely gripping' -- ***** Reader review 'I could hardly bear to put it down' -- ***** Reader review 'Another unputdownable book from Joanna Trollope' -- ***** Reader review ****************************************************************** SOME SECRETS ARE TOO BIG TO STAY HIDDEN... Chrissie had always believed that her husband Richie was the one. With their three daughters, a lovely house and a fulfilling career, things couldn't be much better. And even if he hadn't given her the one thing she really wanted, she knew he loved her. But suddenly Richie is no longer there and, without him, Chrissie's carefully constructed life comes tumbling down and the secrets start to come out. As the practicalities of Richie's will must be sorted out, Chrissie must tell her daughters of their father's other family, a wife and son he had abandoned years before and sworn never to see again. And now, it is finally time for the two families to face each other...

Joanna Trollope is the author of fifteen highly acclaimed, bestselling contemporary novels. She has also written a study of women in the British Empire, Britannia's Daughters, as well as a number of historical novels. She was born in Gloucestershire and now lives in London. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List. Visit her website at www.joannatrollope.com

Trollope is brilliant at swooping in on a modern dilemma and showing it from every angle... Inventive, surprising and fascinating * The Times * She writes as observantly as ever. There are always those brilliant brief glimpses of some detail which ring wonderfully true * The Spectator * Trollope is shrewdly observant of human interaction * Daily Telegraph * Trollope really knows and understands how people think and behave and she paints them realistically and with love... A page-turner that feels like sinking into a warm, deep bath. With Trollope you are always in safe hands. Highly recommended * Sunday Express * Joanna Trollope is the most emotionally intelligent of contemporary British novelists -- Amanda Craig * Independent *