This One Is Mine by Maria Semple - ISBN: 9781780221939
Paperback
Perfect life, perfect lie, one woman risks all for herself.

This One Is Mine

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    29 July 2014

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Summary

The sparkling debut novel of Maria Semple, author of the WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION-shortlisted WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE, including reading group notes.

Violet Parry is living the quintessential life of luxury in the Hollywood Hills with David, her rock-and-roll manager husband, and her darling toddler, Dot. She has the perfect life - but she’s deeply unhappy.

David expects the world of Violet but gives little of himself in return. When she meets Teddy, a roguish small-time b…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781780221939
ISBN-10:1780221932
Author:Maria Semple
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:29 July 2014
Weight:222g
Dimensions:168mm x 200mm x 21mm
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Critics Review

In this novel by the author of Where’d You Go, Bernadette , risks run high as emotions. We fell in love with well-off but unhappily-married heroine Violet, who falls for roguish musician Teddy

Heart-warming, life-affirming novel of the year - THE TIMES on Where’d You Go, Bernadette

The funniest book I’ve read in a decade. I laughed to the point of crying on an airplane. My wife thought I’d lost my mind until she read it a few days later - MARIE CLAIRE on Where’d You Go, Bernadette

I’ve been devouring the savagely funny WHERE’D YOU GO, BERNADETTE by Maria Semple. A TV comedy writer, Semple’s wide array of targets include parenting, over-achievement, schoolgates rivalry, creativity, Seattle, Canadians, Microsoft, Antarctica and marital love … Semple is funny, smart and deeply touching - DAILY TELEGRAPH on Where’d You Go, Bernadette

About The Author

Maria Semple

Maria Semple is the bestselling author of Today Will Be Different, Where’d You Go, Bernadette, and This One Is Mine. Her novels have been translated into forty languages. Before writing fiction, Maria wrote for TV. She lives in New York.

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