Tangled Lives

Name: Tangled Lives
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Hilary Boyd
ISBN: 9781681442600

Author: Hilary Boyd

Narrator: Maggie Mash

Unabridged: 12 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Quercus

Published: 04/05/2016

Categories: Fiction, Family Life, Women

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of Thursdays in the Park comes a tense, emotional drama about what happens to a family when a secret is kept hidden, and a stranger is suddenly introduced into the dynamic.

Annie Delancey is happily married, in her early 50s, with three grown children. But Annie guards a secret. At age nineteen she had a baby boy and gave him up for adoption. She still thinks of him every day.

One day she receives a letter from Kent Social Services; her son Daniel wants to make contact. A part of her is overjoyed--she longs to meet him. But another part fears what this revelation will do to her family, none of whom know about her past.When Daniel is introduced to Annie's family, a few small tears in the family fabric suddenly grow wide, and the impact of is greater than she could have ever imagined.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Dale

Two and a half stars. Stories that deal with adoption always interest me. The premise is interesting, with a son who had been adopted at birth contacting his birth mother after 35 years. Having read Thursdays in the Park and thoroughly enjoying it, I was looking forward to this one. Sadly, I was dis......more

Goodreads review by Samantha

I like Hilary Boyd, against my better judgement. Its mature chick lit. I read Thursdays in the Park and thought it was ok, fairly circuitous in its inevitability but nicely written for a first novel. This is an improvement and although it deals with some familiar ground in the familial disharmony an......more

Goodreads review by Ozone-nut/ Zoe

A bit disappointing compared to Thursdays in the Park. I didn't like the characters so much. Annie is impossibly blind to all that's going on around her and Daniel is a bit one-dimensional. However, your long-lost adopted son turning up out of the blue is interesting scenario, one I hadn't thought a......more

Quotes

"a serious and mature read that puts the spotlight on the issues of family acceptance and loyalty ... engaging and interesting"—Chicklitclub

"This well-observed tale of family life is told with warmth and sprinkled with a dash of humour"—Candis

"Poignant, well observed and wonderfully written, this is a bit of a heart string-puller"—Closer

"I was ripping through this book ... addictive"—Evening Standard

"At times, this is heartbreaking, yet is at heart a very human story about the complications arising from keeping secrets in family life"—Image magazine

"a speedy, engrossing read"—Take A Break

"This is a book which gets to the heart of what it means to be a mother as Annie tries to balance everyone's expectations"—WI magazine