The Other Woman -

Jane Green

Penguin Group

2006

404 páginas

13h 28m

ISBN-13: 9780452287143

When Ellie Black meets Dan Cooper, she feels as though she's found her best friend and soul mate. After an idyllic courtship, Dan proposes and Ellie happily accepts. She loves everything about Dan, even his family: his sister, Emma, has become her good friend, and his mother, Linda, might end up being the mother Ellie never had when she was growing up. Ellie's own family was far from ideal--her alcoholic mother died when she was 13, and Ellie and her father withdrew from each other almost completely. She hopes Dan's family will become her own, that is, until she gets to know Linda and realizes how controlling and manipulative she can be. Ellie's resentment toward Linda grows after she gets pregnant and gives birth to Tom. When an accident puts Tom's life at risk, Ellie's bottled-up emotions spill over and threaten not just her relationship with her mother-in-law but her marriage itself. Green, best-selling author of Jemima J (2000) and To Have and to Hold[BKL Mr 1 04], is particularly adept at producing engaging women's fiction, and her latest is a prime example--warm, convincing, and eminently readable. Although at times Ellie's venomous anger toward her mother-in-law grates, overall, she is a sympathetic heroine.(

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O que eu achei…

Me surpreendi com o livro. No começo achei meio monótono e então as coisas começaram a acontecer bem rápido e tudo escalou muito. Isso foi um ponto positivo pois deu mais vontade de ler, porém nas últimas 100 páginas tudo ficou meio arrastado. É um bom livro, mas não o suficiente pra ser recomendado.