Balancing Act

Trollope writes about family relationships with intelligence and clear-eyed sympathy, and the outcomes of this terrific novel are always believable as they are surprising. To be relished. * The Times *
Trollope is an extremely assured writer, with a brilliant eye for detail and a finely tuned emotional intelligence … she writes absorbing, wise stories that dramatise the dilemmas we face. In Balancing Act, she has done it again. * Sunday Times *
Joanna Trollope, whose evocations of human relationships are as ever penetrating and engaging. * Daily Express *
With her compassion for her characters, Trollope cuts to the quick of family life, and the difference between men and women. I loved it. – Fanny Blake * Woman & Home, Jan 14 *
Nobody writes about family tensions better than Joanna Trollope. * Good Housekeeping *
A tour de force of family dynamics. * Sunday Express *
Trollope…remains painfully skilled in tracing the faultlines in human relationships. * Daily Telegraph *
a hugely readable novel…Trollope writes with unflagging skill. She is brilliant at exploring the often unearned sense of entitlement within families * Observer *
A glorious family saga. * The Good Book Guide *

Joanna Trollope began writing when she was first pregnant and working as a teacher. For years, she combined both careers, writing in the evenings “to fill the spaces after the children had gone to bed.” She has written eighteen bestselling novels, whose common theme is the nature of modern relationships, especially within families. Her own family is extremely important to her. She is the eldest of three, has two daughters, two stepsons, and nine grandchildren. Joanna was appointed OBE for services to literature in 1996. She lives in London.

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