Ordinary Time by Cathy Rentzenbrink

Ordinary Time by Cathy Rentzenbrink

'Here is the absolute truth about love, told with wisdom, heart and humour. So clever, funny and life-affirming'
Meg Mason

'Funny and heartbreaking, immersive and thoroughly satisfying'
Nina Stibbe

There are already three of us in this marriage. I'm not sure there is room for a fourth . . .

Ann is a reluctant Vicar's wife. She tries her best but her husband only has eyes for God, her son is asking questions she struggles to answer, and it is all too easy to displease the congregation. It may only be a matter of time before she makes the headlines of the local gazette: Vicar's wife gets giggles in church. Vicar's wife refuses to bake scones. Vicar's wife does not care about other people.

When her brother needs her help, Ann travels from Cornwall up to London. There she meets Jamie, and a new world unexpectedly opens up. Ann knows what the older women of the parish would say - she's made her bed and now she has to lie in it. But once she has been led into temptation, it may prove impossible to resist . . .

The funny and heartbreaking new novel from Sunday Times bestselling author Cathy Rentzenbrink, Ordinary Time is an unforgettable story of the joys and sorrows of everyday life; one that asks big questions about friendship and marriage, forgiveness and redemption, and the real meaning of love.

'Once I started reading I couldn't stop. Cathy Rentzenbrink is so astute and observant about the small dramas, disappointments and compromises of marriage, and the deadening effects of duty . . . incredibly moving'
Clare Chambers

'A very special book . . . She makes the everyday profound like Anne Tyler does. Melancholy interiority meets great capacity for joy. A beautiful, beautiful book about love in all its forms'
Marian Keyes

A brilliant portrait of a community and an insightful exploration of marriage and family lifeFunny and heartbreaking, immersive and thoroughly satisfying -- Nina Stibbe
Here is the absolute truth about love, told with wisdom, heart and humour. So clever, funny and life-affirming -- Meg Mason
I loved Ordinary Time and couldn't put it down. Cathy Rentzenbrink is Britain's answer to Anne Tyler . . . a very clever, funny, well-observed, absorbing and beautiful novel. Wonderful -- Philippa Perry
A beautiful and generous novel about love in all its forms, about daring to reach for the stars and how to sail through the storms that knock us off course -- Kit de Waal
Witty, tender, heartrending. Ordinary Time is about the huge feelings that howl beneath the surface of the everyday. No one has written this astutely about the inner lives of middle-aged women since Barbara Pym -- Clare Pollard
A wise and funny novel full of heart and truth by a truly brilliant writer -- Julia Samuel

Cathy Rentzenbrink is the author of the novel Everyone Is Still Alive and several acclaimed works of non-fiction including the Sunday Times bestseller The Last Act of Love. She grew up in Yorkshire, spent many years in London and now lives in Cornwall.

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ISBN 13	9781474621175
ISBN 10	1474621171
Title	Ordinary Time
Author	Cathy Rentzenbrink
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Orion Publishing Co
Year published	2024-07-11
Number of pages	368
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.