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  • Published: 4 August 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141916231
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

A Friend of the Family

The addictive and emotionally satisfying page-turner that will have you hooked




A Friend of the Family has sold over 40,000 copies in hardback and 100,000 copies in paperback.

Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend ...

Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points:

Newly divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he really shouldn't; prize-winning novelist Sean's got a hot new girlfriend and a dose of writer's block; and Ned's just back from Australia, without the girl he took with him - or a clue what he's going to do with his life.

If that wasn't enough for one household, the Londons also have a new lodger - a mysterious rockabilly called Gervase. Will he turn out to be a friend - or foe - to the family?

  • Published: 4 August 2003
  • ISBN: 9780141916231
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 432

About the author

Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell was born in London. Her first novel, Ralph’s Party, was the bestselling debut novel of 1999. Since then she has published another sixteen novels, most recently a number of dark psychological thrillers, including The Girls and Then She Was Gone (both of which were Richard & Judy Book Club picks) as well as I Found You and Watching You. Lisa is a top ten New York Times and number one Sunday Times bestselling author who has been published worldwide in over twenty-five languages. She lives in north London with her husband, two daughters, two cats, two guinea pigs and the best dog in the world.

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Praise for A Friend of the Family

A heart-warming page-turner from start to finish . . . Quite possibly her best yet

Heat

Terrific stuff: touching, funny and sentient

Sunday Times

This book shows Jewell coming into her prime - both funny and emotionally satisfying

The Times

Jewell's readability and emotional intelligence make her the cream of pop fiction

Glamour

The perfect summer read

Marie Claire

Jewell's light style can be deceptive; her anatomisation of twenty and thirty-something urban relationships is at times uncomfortably keen . . . It's a lot of fun

Daily Mail

This novel will make you feel warm inside

New Woman

Praise for Lisa Jewell

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Addictively readable

The Times

A joy . . . a fun summer read

Guardian

The best romantic comedy we've read in ages

Company

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun

Sunday Express

A triumph

Hello

Top marks. Fantastic

Heat

Lovely

Daily Telegraph

Moving and intelligent

Independent

Magnetic, unpretentious and bursting with one-liners

Cosmopolitan

Fans of chick-lit will understand when I say that this is a book you simply disappear into

Sunday Telegraph