- Shortlisted for the 2009 Costa Novel Award.
- Won International IMPAC Dublin literary award.
- Characters: Charlotte Rainsford, Rose, Lord Peters.
- Date of Publication: 2011.
- Number of pages: 256
- Type: Adult Fiction
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The book is blend of emotional wisdom and sympathy. It is
entertaining and funny. Ms lively is one of the most talented authors who have
beautifully written the story in the novel. Tis is a wiity work of fiction that
has a satisfied ending which adds more stars to the book. The plot is very
entertaining and makes one think about what actually has been happening in the
story. The story is significantly important because it talks about how lives
touch and tangle with one another. This part of the novel seems a bit mature
with clever phase of life. Each character has is representing another
character, each one of them is reflection to another. It shows how minor and
weak events of life changed to important ones. She gives powerful roles that
portray how life reshapes. The novel opens with retired schoolteacher Charlotte
Rainsford on a London street. Later, various cast of acquaintances and
strangers find their lives forever altered by this event, which many of them
haven't even heard about. We see how the mugging affects Charlotte's daughter
Rose. Lively delivers her story about these intertwined lives with faultless crafty
humor, keen insight, and smart economy.
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