This is chiefly in relation to the breakup of her relationship with Luke, who left her six years ago for reasons the novel takes slow and measured time to unfurl. Even when the painful, tragic story is revealed, Rachel's take on events differs to Luke's version, and it's wonderful to see how clever Keyes is in showing that neither of them is in the right or in the wrong, but more so, both of their versions fit together as one full truth, like pieces of a puzzle.

To Hwa Ryun) " I don't care how I do it. And I don't care if it's not true friendship. As long as I can gather people who I can rely on, it's all good even if it's a fake friendship." [37]I was excited when this turned up at Book Club, as I had read and loved all her books in my twenties - although in retrospect, I preferred the stand-alones to the Walsh family’s stories. Still, I was very interested to see how the sisters have evolved into middle-age. Sadly, they haven’t - they’re as neurotic, vain, frivolous, immature and bitchy as ever, with the exception of Margaret, who barely features. I didn’t find it remotely funny, and was hugely disappointed by the messages it sends. Thanks is extended to Penguin Books Australia/Tandem Global Collective for providing a free copy of this book for review purposes. https://web.archive.org/web/20171222133553/http://literature.org:80/authors/doyle-arthur-conan/study-in-scarlet/part-01/chapter-03.html

There was no point ever in me asking for something specific—Chanel bags, global cooling, green traffic lights all the way home—the only thing I had consistently been given was an eventual acceptance of my situation, whatever that was.” After lacerating Edin Dan's legs) " Don't talk so impetuously... when you know nothing. I... haven't done anything wrong." [33] SIU has stated that if Baam is a "Typical Hero", Rachel would be a "Normal Person". So he wanted to make a somewhat awkward situation where people would be angry at Rachel yet make her feel more relatable than Baam. [22] I'm going to have to read it again because I can't bear to leave the characters behind. Wonderful!' 5* Reader ReviewPublishes her first book, Watermelon, about a woman who is abandoned by her husband after giving birth to their child; it is a runaway success. Marries Tony Baines (above); the following year quits her accounting job and the pair move to Ireland. These days everything in her life is good - good job, good dog, very good boyfriend. Then Luke - her ex of six years - shows up.