If Not Now ... by Denyse Devlin
Just when she has resigned herself to being alone long-term, Marina Ffrench, a widow in her forties, meets a man and falls in love all over again. A midlife relationship, she thinks, will be straightforward - kids reared, careers established, mortgages almost paid off ...However, midlife passion carries excess baggage. Luke, her man, may have a gorgeous villa on the Italian Lakes, but he also has a pious and eccentric Irish mammy, an Italian ex-lover who is as invasive as dry rot, and a son embroiled in a suspect engagement. And Marina has to admit that her own life is just as complicated - and getting more so by the day, given the number of stray souls and ghosts from the past that are turning up in her Cork home. Gradually, she and Luke come to see that love second time around is hard work. But in their efforts to find a happy ending for everyone, unwittingly they are creating a disaster that may destroy their shared future and the happiness of both families...
Told with the easy panache of a born writer.. impossible to put down Evening Herald Perfectly depicts how messy relationships are Sunday Tribune Devlin shares Anne Tyler's knack with everyday imagery that feels effortless and familiar and wondrously vivid all at once Image Magazine A fantastic book with just the right amount of pathos and humour Irish Independent You won't be able to put down this haunting and evocative tale Woman's Own Gripping ... engrosses until the very last line Irish Times
Having grown up in a diplomat's family, and later having worked as a translator in the Middle East, Denyse Devlin travelled extensively and had many homes around the world before settling down in Co Cork in the late 1980s. She lives there with her husband and their two teenage daughters. If Not Now ... is her fifth novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781844881307 |
| ISBN 10 | 184488130X |
| Title | If Not Now ... |
| Author | Denyse Devlin |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-04-24 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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