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My Husband Next Door
When Ella married the handsome, celebrated artist Sebastian Montclair at just nineteen she was madly in love. Now, those blissful years of marriage have turned into the very definition of an unconventional set-up. Separated in every way but distance, Sebastian resides in an outhouse across the lawn from Ella's ramshackle farmhouse.
With an ex-husband living under her nose and a home crowded by hostile teenaged children, gender-confused chickens - not to mention her hyper critical mother whose own marriage slips spectacularly off the rails - Ella finds comfort in the company of the very charming gardener, Ludo. But is he really the answer to her prayers?
Then out of the blue Sebastian decides he must move away, catching Ella horribly unawares. How much longer can she hide from what really destroyed her marriage . . . and the secret she continues to keep?
With an ex-husband living under her nose and a home crowded by hostile teenaged children, gender-confused chickens - not to mention her hyper critical mother whose own marriage slips spectacularly off the rails - Ella finds comfort in the company of the very charming gardener, Ludo. But is he really the answer to her prayers?
Then out of the blue Sebastian decides he must move away, catching Ella horribly unawares. How much longer can she hide from what really destroyed her marriage . . . and the secret she continues to keep?
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First published January 1, 2013
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Catherine Alliott
46 books545 followersCatherine has sold over 3 million bestselling novels worldwide and is translated into eighteen languages.
The first of these novels Catherine started under the desk when she worked as an advertising copywriter. She was duly fired. With time on her hands, she persevered with the novels, which happily flourished.
In the early days she produced a baby with each book - but after three - stuck to the writing as it was less painful.
She writes with her favorite pen in note books, either in the garden or on a sofa.
Home is a rural spot on the Hertfordshire border, which she shares with her family and a menagerie of horses, cows, chickens, and dogs, which at the last count totaled eighty-seven beating hearts, including her husband. Some of her household have walk-on parts in her novels, but only the chickens would probably recognize themselves.
All her novels are published by Penguin Random House internationally, and by No Shooz Publishing in America and will be available in the US in the Fall of 2017.
The first of these novels Catherine started under the desk when she worked as an advertising copywriter. She was duly fired. With time on her hands, she persevered with the novels, which happily flourished.
In the early days she produced a baby with each book - but after three - stuck to the writing as it was less painful.
She writes with her favorite pen in note books, either in the garden or on a sofa.
Home is a rural spot on the Hertfordshire border, which she shares with her family and a menagerie of horses, cows, chickens, and dogs, which at the last count totaled eighty-seven beating hearts, including her husband. Some of her household have walk-on parts in her novels, but only the chickens would probably recognize themselves.
All her novels are published by Penguin Random House internationally, and by No Shooz Publishing in America and will be available in the US in the Fall of 2017.
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December 15, 2014
This seems to be a book that people either love or felt really disappointed by. I enjoyed it, but not as much as I thought I was going to. Artists Ella and her husband Sebastian have a very strange marriage. Ella lives in their slightly dilapidated farmhouse with their two teenage children, Josh and Tabs. Sebastian meanwhile lives in a converted outhouse in the grounds, their marriage being over in all but name. This arrangement really rather suits Ella, as whilst it continues she doesn’t have to accept what is happening to their relationship – she can sweep it under the carpet so to speak and just try to carry on as normal. Normal meaning taking over the running of the house, as well as the converted guest cottages in the grounds, caring for a brood of farm animals and more or less single handedly raising the children. And what children they are – they come across as lazy, greedy, insolent and rude for quite a lot of the book. They really do speak to Ella like dirt at times and walk all over her. Her sister Ginnie, on the other hand, leads quite a different life. She is married to Richard (who we don’t really see at all in the book) with perfect children of a similar age to Josh and Tabs. Their lives are worlds apart in some respects – Ginnie has staff for everything, the children attend and excel at boarding school and she is very much part of the “in crowd” in the Cotswolds “set”, which is something Ella is well and truly on the outside of. At least, that is what it looks like.
Things are not made easier by the arrival of her mother on the farm, having separated from Ella and Ginnie’s father. The one thing that Ella does have though is a secret platonic love affair with local sexy gardener Ludo. This state of affairs seems to suit the pair of them, but when Sebastian drops a bombshell on Ella – is the time now right for them to take their relationship a step further?
I enjoyed watching Ella come to terms with what has happened to her marriage and to finally understand where it all went wrong. She learns a lot about herself, and in fact she is not the only person to learn lessons about themselves in the book. Ginnie also matures and changes tack from being a domineering, controlling mother into learning how to live and let live to some extent. We didn’t really see how that came about though which was a little disappointing. We just heard about it after the event, so to speak. Similarly, we don’t really see their parents dealing with the aftermath of their separation as much as I would have liked.
On the whole I did enjoy the read, although I felt it was about 100 pages too long. I wasn’t so keen on some of the more funny moments, particularly the suitcase incident and the cockerels saga and it wouldn’t have made much difference to me if these parts were cut from the book to be honest.
Things are not made easier by the arrival of her mother on the farm, having separated from Ella and Ginnie’s father. The one thing that Ella does have though is a secret platonic love affair with local sexy gardener Ludo. This state of affairs seems to suit the pair of them, but when Sebastian drops a bombshell on Ella – is the time now right for them to take their relationship a step further?
I enjoyed watching Ella come to terms with what has happened to her marriage and to finally understand where it all went wrong. She learns a lot about herself, and in fact she is not the only person to learn lessons about themselves in the book. Ginnie also matures and changes tack from being a domineering, controlling mother into learning how to live and let live to some extent. We didn’t really see how that came about though which was a little disappointing. We just heard about it after the event, so to speak. Similarly, we don’t really see their parents dealing with the aftermath of their separation as much as I would have liked.
On the whole I did enjoy the read, although I felt it was about 100 pages too long. I wasn’t so keen on some of the more funny moments, particularly the suitcase incident and the cockerels saga and it wouldn’t have made much difference to me if these parts were cut from the book to be honest.
July 27, 2015
I have attempted to read My Husband next door twice now. When I first picked up the book to begin reading I managed to read Chapter four before I had to put the book down. I just didn’t seem to be able to fall into the storyline, but I had just finished a great book beforehand so sometimes this does affect me when starting another book so I put it to the side and decided to try it again a few weeks later. I have picked this book up this morning for the second time and I decided to start from the beginning again. This time I have managed to get to chapter nine but again I didn’t feel that I could carry on. I didn’t have a clue what was going on in the storyline other than Ella’s husband who is no longer her husband but still lives in one of the outhouse buildings! The storyline didn’t flow at all well and so I really lost my way. I also couldn’t keep up with all the characters I felt they were all introduced to us to quickly so it was hard to remember who was who.
Unfortunately I cannot give you a full review because I didn’t manage to finish it. As much as I was looking forward to this book it is obviously just not for me.
Unfortunately I cannot give you a full review because I didn’t manage to finish it. As much as I was looking forward to this book it is obviously just not for me.
August 28, 2013
My husband Next Door is in the main a fun, quirky read. It reminded me a little of the writing style of Tricia Ashley, however I did find the book to be a little on the long side and slow paced.
Ella married young, and to say her husband Sebastian is a tad eccentric is an understatement. He lives in an outbuilding on their property trying to decide if he wants to stay married, while Ella resides in the main house, with their teenage children trotting back and forth between them both.
You then add gardener Ludo into the mix, and things all get a bit complicated in an over the top, Jolly Hockey sticks kind of way. Who will she choose, will she have a happily ever after.
There are secrets being hidden (but aren’t really mentioned until way into the second half of the book). Which is why in part, I feel the book could have possibly done with a little trimming, it just seem to take a while for things to happen, with lots of long overly descriptive paragraphs and drawn out internal monologue. Although I did in general enjoy the book, I think it could have been so much more.
ARC supplied by Netgalley in exchange for the above honest review.
Ella married young, and to say her husband Sebastian is a tad eccentric is an understatement. He lives in an outbuilding on their property trying to decide if he wants to stay married, while Ella resides in the main house, with their teenage children trotting back and forth between them both.
You then add gardener Ludo into the mix, and things all get a bit complicated in an over the top, Jolly Hockey sticks kind of way. Who will she choose, will she have a happily ever after.
There are secrets being hidden (but aren’t really mentioned until way into the second half of the book). Which is why in part, I feel the book could have possibly done with a little trimming, it just seem to take a while for things to happen, with lots of long overly descriptive paragraphs and drawn out internal monologue. Although I did in general enjoy the book, I think it could have been so much more.
ARC supplied by Netgalley in exchange for the above honest review.
May 15, 2023
2020
Толкова точно напипва пулса на проблемите, които повечето от нас имат и преживяват всеки ден. Може би, затова книгите й не остаряват, те са актуални и днес. Защото историите , които разказва, описани по този невероятен начин се случват , и пак, и пак. Хората не се променят особено.
25.08.2016
Припомняйки си я отново, забелязах колко много неща , които мисля и аз , са вложени в действията и мислите на героинята.
Много ценни уроци си взех.
Малко по-тъжна ми се стори този път. Не че не ме разсмя отново, просто ме накара да се замисля повече над проблемите , които поставя.
"...целият живот е съзтезание - за кого се омъжваш,колко деца имаш, колко е голяма къщата ти,градината ти,какво постигаш,какво постигат децата ти."
Тази книга ме разсмя от сърце.Майстора си е майстор и Катрин Елиът отново не ме разочарова.Чакам с нетърпение всяка нова нейна книга :)
Толкова точно напипва пулса на проблемите, които повечето от нас имат и преживяват всеки ден. Може би, затова книгите й не остаряват, те са актуални и днес. Защото историите , които разказва, описани по този невероятен начин се случват , и пак, и пак. Хората не се променят особено.
25.08.2016
Припомняйки си я отново, забелязах колко много неща , които мисля и аз , са вложени в действията и мислите на героинята.
Много ценни уроци си взех.
Малко по-тъжна ми се стори този път. Не че не ме разсмя отново, просто ме накара да се замисля повече над проблемите , които поставя.
"...целият живот е съзтезание - за кого се омъжваш,колко деца имаш, колко е голяма къщата ти,градината ти,какво постигаш,какво постигат децата ти."
Тази книга ме разсмя от сърце.Майстора си е майстор и Катрин Елиът отново не ме разочарова.Чакам с нетърпение всяка нова нейна книга :)
August 8, 2013
Ella is married, but not married. She lives across the way from her artist husband Sebastian and her teenage children shuttle between the two of them. Ella and Sebastian married when she was very young, but two artists in one family was never going to be easy. Ella had hoped that their unconventional separation would be the way to go, but in reality it just stops both of them from getting on with their lives. With temptation, in the form of the delectable Ludo, everywhere she turns, and the problems caused by her extended family, should Ella keep things as they are or make a big change?
Before picking up this book I’d never read any Catherine Alliott. It’s not that I’d deliberately avoided her work, just that I’d never had the time to get round to it. I was pleased to receive this book and get a chance to read her at last.
I enjoy a bit of chick lit from time to time, though I don’t like that name for the genre, and I’m not even sure that this qualifies. Chick lit tends to be pre-occupied with slightly younger heroines than Ella and tells of how they end up with the man of their dreams. This book is more about what happened after the “Reader I married him” stage, when real life, work and children have got in the way of love’s young dream. So perhaps chick lit is the wrong name, though I can’t really think of a better one.
I enjoyed the book and found it an easy read, but had some niggles with it. One of these is the middle-classness of it all and the fun poked at those who aren’t of that class. The book seems to suggest that those from the middle class and above are generally ok people and nice to be around, anyone lower than that socially is a more a figure of fun to be poked and prodded for our entertainment. This seemed to me to be the case with a couple of the characters (one major and one seemingly there only as comic relief). I found this disappointing.
My second niggle was what seemed a dramatic turnaround in Ella herself about halfway through the book. As the reader is seeing everything through her eyes we have little choice but to side with her and believe her account of events. However, there’s a point in the novel when everyone else starts telling her that she’s being selfish, touchy and silly – so far from being the heroine of her own life, she’s painted as the villain. I found this sudden change in how she was being portrayed jarring and for a while I wasn’t sure what I was meant to think about anything. Could she have so little self-awareness that she didn’t realise she was the worst person ever and ruining her family’s lives? But just as suddenly Ella seems to go back to “normal” and no more is said about it. It all felt a bit odd.
A further slight niggle was the “big secret” from Ella’s past that jumps out about three-quarters of the way through. It hadn’t really been mentioned before, which to me seemed to diminish its power – if no-one was bothered about it before, why should it be so important so suddenly. I also didn’t feel that it was ever properly resolved.
This being chick lit (or whatever you want to call it) it’s inevitable that Ella will end up with a man – there’s a choice of two here, so you can lay your bets at the start of the book and see if you’re right. It also seems inevitable that Ella has to be clumsy, gauche and get herself into scrapes – which doesn’t seem to fit with some of the other aspects of her character.
Anyway, carping aside, despite all of the above I did enjoy the book and found that it made me smile in a couple of places. But though I’m glad of the opportunity to try out Catherine Alliott’s writing, I won’t be seeking out any more of her books.
Before picking up this book I’d never read any Catherine Alliott. It’s not that I’d deliberately avoided her work, just that I’d never had the time to get round to it. I was pleased to receive this book and get a chance to read her at last.
I enjoy a bit of chick lit from time to time, though I don’t like that name for the genre, and I’m not even sure that this qualifies. Chick lit tends to be pre-occupied with slightly younger heroines than Ella and tells of how they end up with the man of their dreams. This book is more about what happened after the “Reader I married him” stage, when real life, work and children have got in the way of love’s young dream. So perhaps chick lit is the wrong name, though I can’t really think of a better one.
I enjoyed the book and found it an easy read, but had some niggles with it. One of these is the middle-classness of it all and the fun poked at those who aren’t of that class. The book seems to suggest that those from the middle class and above are generally ok people and nice to be around, anyone lower than that socially is a more a figure of fun to be poked and prodded for our entertainment. This seemed to me to be the case with a couple of the characters (one major and one seemingly there only as comic relief). I found this disappointing.
My second niggle was what seemed a dramatic turnaround in Ella herself about halfway through the book. As the reader is seeing everything through her eyes we have little choice but to side with her and believe her account of events. However, there’s a point in the novel when everyone else starts telling her that she’s being selfish, touchy and silly – so far from being the heroine of her own life, she’s painted as the villain. I found this sudden change in how she was being portrayed jarring and for a while I wasn’t sure what I was meant to think about anything. Could she have so little self-awareness that she didn’t realise she was the worst person ever and ruining her family’s lives? But just as suddenly Ella seems to go back to “normal” and no more is said about it. It all felt a bit odd.
A further slight niggle was the “big secret” from Ella’s past that jumps out about three-quarters of the way through. It hadn’t really been mentioned before, which to me seemed to diminish its power – if no-one was bothered about it before, why should it be so important so suddenly. I also didn’t feel that it was ever properly resolved.
This being chick lit (or whatever you want to call it) it’s inevitable that Ella will end up with a man – there’s a choice of two here, so you can lay your bets at the start of the book and see if you’re right. It also seems inevitable that Ella has to be clumsy, gauche and get herself into scrapes – which doesn’t seem to fit with some of the other aspects of her character.
Anyway, carping aside, despite all of the above I did enjoy the book and found that it made me smile in a couple of places. But though I’m glad of the opportunity to try out Catherine Alliott’s writing, I won’t be seeking out any more of her books.
February 6, 2016
My Husband Next Door
By Catherine Alliott
Summery courtesy of goodreads.com
When Ella married the handsome, celebrated artist Sebastian Montclair at just nineteen she was madly in love. Now, those blissful years of marriage have turned into the very definition of an unconventional set-up. Separated in every way but distance, Sebastian resides in an outhouse across the lawn from Ella's ramshackle farmhouse.
With an ex-husband living under her nose and a home crowded by hostile teenaged children, gender-confused chickens - not to mention her hyper critical mother whose own marriage slips spectacularly off the rails - Ella finds comfort in the company of the very charming gardener, Ludo. But is he really the answer to her prayers?
Then out of the blue Sebastian decides he must move away, catching Ella horribly unawares. How much longer can she hide from what really destroyed her marriage . . . and the secret she continues to keep.
Review
I've always enjoyed Catherine Alliotts writing as she writes about complicated relationships and allows readers to experience their ups and downs,but still wraps everything up in a satisfying ending.
Unfortunately I found Ella to be a totally unlikable character,she was whinny and took no responsibility for her situation until the end of the book. I found myself enjoying some of the minor character’s more than Ella. Ella’s parents were a highlight as were her children, they made me laugh, especially Ella’s interactions with her two teens.
I was also frustrated with the flow and pace of the story. Catherine Alliott is an author who I'd usually give a 5 Star rating, so I'm sad, I didn't love this book.
2.5 Stars
By Catherine Alliott
Summery courtesy of goodreads.com
When Ella married the handsome, celebrated artist Sebastian Montclair at just nineteen she was madly in love. Now, those blissful years of marriage have turned into the very definition of an unconventional set-up. Separated in every way but distance, Sebastian resides in an outhouse across the lawn from Ella's ramshackle farmhouse.
With an ex-husband living under her nose and a home crowded by hostile teenaged children, gender-confused chickens - not to mention her hyper critical mother whose own marriage slips spectacularly off the rails - Ella finds comfort in the company of the very charming gardener, Ludo. But is he really the answer to her prayers?
Then out of the blue Sebastian decides he must move away, catching Ella horribly unawares. How much longer can she hide from what really destroyed her marriage . . . and the secret she continues to keep.
Review
I've always enjoyed Catherine Alliotts writing as she writes about complicated relationships and allows readers to experience their ups and downs,but still wraps everything up in a satisfying ending.
Unfortunately I found Ella to be a totally unlikable character,she was whinny and took no responsibility for her situation until the end of the book. I found myself enjoying some of the minor character’s more than Ella. Ella’s parents were a highlight as were her children, they made me laugh, especially Ella’s interactions with her two teens.
I was also frustrated with the flow and pace of the story. Catherine Alliott is an author who I'd usually give a 5 Star rating, so I'm sad, I didn't love this book.
2.5 Stars
set-aside-aka-dnf
December 16, 2016I had such high hopes for this one but I struggled to get through it. I just couldn't relate to Ella at all. I felt sorry for her but she just struck me as a doormat all the time and I wanted to shake her and tell her to stop being so wet.
Her relationships with her sister, her parents, her children, her husband, her male friend.....it just all began to annoy me. I get it, she was trying to make the best of a bad situation but I just could not commiserate with her at all. There were a couple of side stories that I really enjoyed but mostly I was lukewarm for Ella and her problems.
Note: I received a free copy of this title from the publisher.
Her relationships with her sister, her parents, her children, her husband, her male friend.....it just all began to annoy me. I get it, she was trying to make the best of a bad situation but I just could not commiserate with her at all. There were a couple of side stories that I really enjoyed but mostly I was lukewarm for Ella and her problems.
Note: I received a free copy of this title from the publisher.
December 10, 2020
I really have nothing to say about this book other than what an awful description of love. The main female character is completely senseless and the main male selfish and cruel. This is the second Catherine Alliott book I’ve read recently that I’ve had to give a bad review to. Her writing seems stuck in the past and her conceptions of men women and relationships outdated. NO WOMAN EVER would agree with the ending of this story. It’s absurd.
August 21, 2014
Sparks of genius in this but overall I felt let down. There were some laugh out loud moments but the ridiculousness of the situations just frustrated me. I like her earlier work much better. I wanted to strangle Ella and tell her to grow up. If I had a sister like that, I'd have disowned her. BUT - for a lighthearted read that doesn't tax at all, it was fine.
July 7, 2013
Ella’s marriage to the celebrated artist Sebastian Montclair has not turned out to be the success she had hoped for. Now in her mid-thirties and with two lazy teenage children lolling about the house, her husband has moved out to live in an outhouse elsewhere on the farm, leaving Ella to look after the children, the holiday guests, the animals as well as doing his laundry. When her parents have marital difficulties too, and her mother decides to come and stay in one of the holiday lets on the farm, Ella’s life become even more chaotic and its only her growing friendship with handsome gardener Ludo (also married) that is her salvation.
By comparison, Ella’s bossy sister Ginnie seems to have a perfect life – she is a lady that lunches, she fills her time with charity committees and by all appearances seems to have the perfect children. Only appearances are never what they seem.
I was really looking forward to reading this as I had very much enjoyed Catherine Alliott’s previous book, A rural affair however I found this disappointing. It was an easy read but both characters and storyline were bland and forgettable. Ella seemed to be a pleasant enough ditzy character but I didn’t warm to her, I became irritated by her indecisiveness and dithering and thought some of the minor characters like Ottoline, Ella’s mother and even Sebastian were far more interesting and would have liked to have seen more of them in the book.
There were some amusing moments – most notably with the chickens. Monsieur Blanc and his little gang raised a smile but it’s quite sad really when chickens are more interesting than the main characters!
At nearly 500 pages I felt the book was a bit too long and Ella’s will she/won’t she friendship/affair with Ludo became boring. Even the reveal of the “secret” hinted at in the book description wasn’t enough to pick the story up for me. There were some insightful moments when I had a moment of sympathy for Ella, especially when she felt her family were excluding her from their decisions but sadly this book just didn’t hit the spot.
Although this was only a so/so book for me, I’m sure that many other people would enjoy it and I would give other books by this author a try.
My thanks to Real Readers for the opportunity to read and review this book.
By comparison, Ella’s bossy sister Ginnie seems to have a perfect life – she is a lady that lunches, she fills her time with charity committees and by all appearances seems to have the perfect children. Only appearances are never what they seem.
I was really looking forward to reading this as I had very much enjoyed Catherine Alliott’s previous book, A rural affair however I found this disappointing. It was an easy read but both characters and storyline were bland and forgettable. Ella seemed to be a pleasant enough ditzy character but I didn’t warm to her, I became irritated by her indecisiveness and dithering and thought some of the minor characters like Ottoline, Ella’s mother and even Sebastian were far more interesting and would have liked to have seen more of them in the book.
There were some amusing moments – most notably with the chickens. Monsieur Blanc and his little gang raised a smile but it’s quite sad really when chickens are more interesting than the main characters!
At nearly 500 pages I felt the book was a bit too long and Ella’s will she/won’t she friendship/affair with Ludo became boring. Even the reveal of the “secret” hinted at in the book description wasn’t enough to pick the story up for me. There were some insightful moments when I had a moment of sympathy for Ella, especially when she felt her family were excluding her from their decisions but sadly this book just didn’t hit the spot.
Although this was only a so/so book for me, I’m sure that many other people would enjoy it and I would give other books by this author a try.
My thanks to Real Readers for the opportunity to read and review this book.
January 6, 2019
For the first two-thirds of this book, I was delighted. I enjoyed the writing, I loved the character's voice, the writing style, and her cringingly accurate depiction of middle-class pretension. Then the saga of the cockerels happened, and I felt as if I'd fallen into a TV sitcom. That was soon followed by a staple of the Carry On films ("person stands on bucket to see in window, falls over, gets foot stuck in bucket"), and a scene from a seaside farce, (woman gets caught having a dirty weekend, has to get her companion to pretend he's someone else, leading to deeper and deeper complications). None of them was funny, and in each case, the story could have been advanced better without going for the farcical set piece.
More of a concern, though, was that I began to suspect the ending wasn't going to be what I expected. For the last 150 pages, I read with a sense of disappointment. I thought it was going to be a story reflecting today's reality,
It might have been all right if I'd felt the characters' trajectories were convincing, but I felt as though too many of them did sudden U-turns in their behaviour for no apparent reason.
Of course, being a Romance, there was a deadly secret which had led to the breakdown of the heroine's marriage. When it was revealed, I thought it was pathetic. It could have been a good idea but the author didn't go far enough.
More of a concern, though, was that I began to suspect the ending wasn't going to be what I expected. For the last 150 pages, I read with a sense of disappointment. I thought it was going to be a story reflecting today's reality,
It might have been all right if I'd felt the characters' trajectories were convincing, but I felt as though too many of them did sudden U-turns in their behaviour for no apparent reason.
Of course, being a Romance, there was a deadly secret which had led to the breakdown of the heroine's marriage. When it was revealed, I thought it was pathetic. It could have been a good idea but the author didn't go far enough.
July 23, 2013
MY HUSBAND NEXT DOOR is the thirteenth book written by Catherine Alliott, but the first I have read. The book captures life in rural England effortlessly - the eyes of the village are everywhere, every move is noted and everyone knows each other’s business and what they don’t know they speculate on endlessly. The major stress source of rural living is trying to keep your activities out of the village grapevine. Ella is obviously very stressed as she has lots she wants to keep out of the public eye. For me the story took a little while to get going, and I found myself enjoying some of the minor character’s more than Ella. I guess it was the whole adultery thing that made me resistant to emphasising with Ella. She may have been separated from her husband – but she wasn’t divorced. Ludo was also very much married. So when two people who are still married have a dalliance, well I’m sorry that is adultery. I did have a couple of laughs – I loved Ella’s father and understood completely where he was coming from. And I also totally related to Ella’s relationship with her mother as I have one just like it. In fact these two characters, Ella’s mum and dad, made the book for me. I had a few laughs as well, especially about Ella’s interactions with her two teens. So true to life!! I wouldn’t say the book was outstandingly funny, in fact the scene that involved a St Bernard dog and a suitcase was beyond ridiculous and really jarred with me – I won’t go into details but just seemed so stupid and unbelievable. I did enjoy MY HUSBAND NEXT DOOR but just didn’t love it; I am quite happy to try one of her other books and actually have ‘The Wedding Day’ on my TBR pile
September 11, 2014
'My Husband Next Door' by Catherine Alliott
Okay, a confession. I prefer the Amazon review scoring - their five stars rating is 'I love it' - to the scoring system on GR, where five stars is 'It is amazing'. Not much difference, you might think, but for a stickler like me, it changes how I rate books. That difference explains why some books I rate on here may get a four star rating, but on Amazon easily get a five.
This may be something that the GR administrators might like to look at. I think, perhaps inadvertently, the scoring system on GR discriminates in favour of 'serious literature'. Is that intentional? Not sure.
I love this book, but I don't think it is amazing. It is not earth shattering or profound, it does not have never-before-seen images of the lesser lipped limping mongoose, giving birth, it does not contain revolutionary and mind-blowing revelations about sex or the nature of the Universe...but even so...
I love this book, which is my favourite Catherine Alliott to date, telling the story of a woman of a certain age, with growing children, an unfathomable husband, and various cookie neighbours and friends. I liked and could identify with the well timed, dry and self deprecating humour. I recognised Ella's frailties in myself, and actually, her dilemmas got me seriously considering my own, which has to be (almost) a first, for books that are often described dismissively as 'an entertaining read that's as light as a summer breeze' (blurb on the back jacket).
Fran Macilvey (Author, 'Trapped: My Life With Cerebral Palsy')
Okay, a confession. I prefer the Amazon review scoring - their five stars rating is 'I love it' - to the scoring system on GR, where five stars is 'It is amazing'. Not much difference, you might think, but for a stickler like me, it changes how I rate books. That difference explains why some books I rate on here may get a four star rating, but on Amazon easily get a five.
This may be something that the GR administrators might like to look at. I think, perhaps inadvertently, the scoring system on GR discriminates in favour of 'serious literature'. Is that intentional? Not sure.
I love this book, but I don't think it is amazing. It is not earth shattering or profound, it does not have never-before-seen images of the lesser lipped limping mongoose, giving birth, it does not contain revolutionary and mind-blowing revelations about sex or the nature of the Universe...but even so...
I love this book, which is my favourite Catherine Alliott to date, telling the story of a woman of a certain age, with growing children, an unfathomable husband, and various cookie neighbours and friends. I liked and could identify with the well timed, dry and self deprecating humour. I recognised Ella's frailties in myself, and actually, her dilemmas got me seriously considering my own, which has to be (almost) a first, for books that are often described dismissively as 'an entertaining read that's as light as a summer breeze' (blurb on the back jacket).
Fran Macilvey (Author, 'Trapped: My Life With Cerebral Palsy')
October 23, 2022
Ideal holiday read, the sort of book where you can lose a few hours in the sunshine emmersing yourself in other peoples lives! Likeable characters and an unexpected happy ending. If anything negative I would say it is a little bit lengthy in places but overall a good read and will be trying some more of Catherine Alliott's books.
July 8, 2025
An easy read, although the ending was underwhelming. I found the main character was not very likeable, which didn't help.
August 23, 2013
Ella's marital arrangements are less than conventional. In fact, her marriage is downright strange altogether. After marrying her artist boyfriend, later to become her very famous artist husband, Ella's life was far from the norm. Unfortunately, their years of marital bliss have turned into marital disharmony and her now ex husband Sebastian lives next door to her on their small farm. Sebastian appears to want very little to do with Ella which continues to break her heart. Ella is torn between her continuing love for Sebastian and her 'friendship' with a very handsome and romantic gardener called Ludo. Throw into the mix some rather eccentric and difficult parents with marital problems of their own, a snobby sister, some crazy chickens and two unruly and surly teens and you have what is Ella's chaotic life.
Ella is a sort of heroine underdog. Throughout this book and I wanted Ella to have so much more. I wanted so desperately for her to gain some sort of control over her life. Instead, poor Ella spends much of her time trying to please everyone and forgetting about her own needs and wants. And, even when she does eventually decide to put herself first, it doesn't quite work out. There were a lot of laughs to be had throughout this book but also an undercurrent of sadness and 'what if's' and 'if only'. For me, Ella epitomises what a lot of women become - someone to fix everyone else but themselves. Ella's crazy lifestyle left me exhausted on her behalf! She is torn in so many different directions that she is reaching breaking point.
Essentially, this book is a story about love lost, love found and love rekindled . It's about the complexities of relationships and how the dynamics within those relationships can change and evolve. It is also about sacrifices. Ella sacrifices so much of herself to please everyone and 'fix' every problem. Ella's family are essentially not all they appear to be. Her snobbish sister does not have quite as perfect a life as she would like to portray and Ella's parent's have some fixing of their own to do - not only within their own marriage but with their relationship with their children. At first, Ella appears to be a weak and indecisive character who is a bit of a doormat. However, Ella is more complex than that. She is simply struggling to survive in a situation that she is unable to fix. Yet, her love for her family is unwavering and her sacrifices for them go unnoticed. She is merely a woman trying to keep her family together.
I really enjoyed this book and would definitely recommend it. No sooner had I turned the last page than my mother in law had swiped the book from under my nose. She is a Catherine Alliott fan and now I can understand why.
August 14, 2013
This was my first Catherine Alliott book, and I had read many compliments and good things about her other novels so I was looking forward to seeing what her latest release would bring.
When Ella married the handsome Sebastian she knew she was madly in love. However, she didn’t have the happily ever after that she was hoping for. Instead of a wonderful blissful marriage, Sebastian now loves in an outhouse right next to Ella’s farmhouse. Surrounded by her teenage children and with her mother turning up, Ella takes a shine to the charming gardener, Ludo. But soon Ella is in for a lot of drama not only from her children and her mother, but also from Sebastian too. What really happened in their marriage?
I am glad that I picked up this book, and I found it enjoyable to read. I liked Ella as a character – yes she has her flaws and she’s not perfect, but I wouldn’t want to read about her any other way, and she really grew on me. I found her very interesting to read about, and I liked reading about her relationships with the other characters in the book, how she was with them and her thoughts and feelings towards them.
I particularly enjoyed learning about Ella’s background story. I was very intrigued about why Ella and Sebastian’s marriage turned out the way that it did, and that was the main reason that kept me reading. I very much wanted to know what had happened to them, and perhaps if they could work it out and reunite with each other,
There is a lot that happens in this book, with Ella and her situation, and we also have side stories such as Ella’s mother. I really enjoyed the side stories, to me they were as interesting as the main plot line and I enjoyed having something extra to look forward to and read about. I liked the setting of the story, I liked the feel of being out in the country and it seemed very realistic.
My Husband Next Door is full of a variety of characters for you to spend time with. Although it can be a bit confusing at first getting to know everyone, they are all very unique in their own ways and it makes for an interesting story. Love, family and relationships are explored in Catherine Alliott’s newest release.
When Ella married the handsome Sebastian she knew she was madly in love. However, she didn’t have the happily ever after that she was hoping for. Instead of a wonderful blissful marriage, Sebastian now loves in an outhouse right next to Ella’s farmhouse. Surrounded by her teenage children and with her mother turning up, Ella takes a shine to the charming gardener, Ludo. But soon Ella is in for a lot of drama not only from her children and her mother, but also from Sebastian too. What really happened in their marriage?
I am glad that I picked up this book, and I found it enjoyable to read. I liked Ella as a character – yes she has her flaws and she’s not perfect, but I wouldn’t want to read about her any other way, and she really grew on me. I found her very interesting to read about, and I liked reading about her relationships with the other characters in the book, how she was with them and her thoughts and feelings towards them.
I particularly enjoyed learning about Ella’s background story. I was very intrigued about why Ella and Sebastian’s marriage turned out the way that it did, and that was the main reason that kept me reading. I very much wanted to know what had happened to them, and perhaps if they could work it out and reunite with each other,
There is a lot that happens in this book, with Ella and her situation, and we also have side stories such as Ella’s mother. I really enjoyed the side stories, to me they were as interesting as the main plot line and I enjoyed having something extra to look forward to and read about. I liked the setting of the story, I liked the feel of being out in the country and it seemed very realistic.
My Husband Next Door is full of a variety of characters for you to spend time with. Although it can be a bit confusing at first getting to know everyone, they are all very unique in their own ways and it makes for an interesting story. Love, family and relationships are explored in Catherine Alliott’s newest release.
January 3, 2015
I enjoyed this book and was hooked in from the start. I was pleased to receive it having won it as a Goodreads giveaway.
Ella, the main character, is living in a run-down farm with her children and menagerie. Her husband, a failing famous artist, occupies the Granary, his bohemian aunt Ottoline lives in another outbuilding and some other farm outhouses are holiday lets, one rented some of the time by Ella's mother. In a rural setting of Barbours, green wellies and children with names like Tabitha and Araminta, Ella blunders on amongst her family crises, discovers truths within herself and her unconventional marriage and has a strange affair with charming gardener Ludo. Her parents are also having a marital crisis and the teenagers in the story prompt their parents to review their values.
Within the Daily Mail reading and (would be) public school setting, many of the characters are unashamably snobby, particularly Ginnie and Sylvia. However, through the course of events, they do open their minds to some extent, although not straying too far outside their middle class comfort zone.
I became frustrated with the ongoing sexless 'affair' between Ludo and Ella. Not that I would have necessarily needed to know the details if they had managed to get it together, but the endless faffing about whether anyone would see them holding hands and the last minute spanners in the works, made me want to scream 'Just get on with it!!!'. No wonder Ludo turned out to be grumpy, he was probably sexually frustrated having waited so long for Ella to make up her mind!
The book is, however, very amusing, light hearted and touching. Catherine Alliott is a great writer and the characters and their emotional relationships are colourful and have depth. The story is about relationships, complicated families, co-dependence and marriage, but most of all about love. Recommended.
Ella, the main character, is living in a run-down farm with her children and menagerie. Her husband, a failing famous artist, occupies the Granary, his bohemian aunt Ottoline lives in another outbuilding and some other farm outhouses are holiday lets, one rented some of the time by Ella's mother. In a rural setting of Barbours, green wellies and children with names like Tabitha and Araminta, Ella blunders on amongst her family crises, discovers truths within herself and her unconventional marriage and has a strange affair with charming gardener Ludo. Her parents are also having a marital crisis and the teenagers in the story prompt their parents to review their values.
Within the Daily Mail reading and (would be) public school setting, many of the characters are unashamably snobby, particularly Ginnie and Sylvia. However, through the course of events, they do open their minds to some extent, although not straying too far outside their middle class comfort zone.
I became frustrated with the ongoing sexless 'affair' between Ludo and Ella. Not that I would have necessarily needed to know the details if they had managed to get it together, but the endless faffing about whether anyone would see them holding hands and the last minute spanners in the works, made me want to scream 'Just get on with it!!!'. No wonder Ludo turned out to be grumpy, he was probably sexually frustrated having waited so long for Ella to make up her mind!
The book is, however, very amusing, light hearted and touching. Catherine Alliott is a great writer and the characters and their emotional relationships are colourful and have depth. The story is about relationships, complicated families, co-dependence and marriage, but most of all about love. Recommended.
December 1, 2013
I am ashamed to admit this is the first Catherine Alliott book that I have read. I have heard many great things about her books and was very excited to read it but unfortunately I found this one quite disappointing.
Ella plays the main character in the book, a middle aged mother of two who fell in love at 19 to her handsome Sebastian. After years of marriage Ella and Sebastian are now separated and live apart...but on the same farm - intriguing hey? That’s exactly what I thought!
The book is very much centered on Ella and how she is dealing with this peculiar situation. One of the main reasons I think I struggled to get into the book was because I didn't feel I could connect to Ella and this was a little off putting. I thought she was very self-absorbed and feeling sorry for herself all the time, I got a little bored of her if I'm honest.
The storyline was very family orientated I did like the way that it explored relationships between husband and wife, Mother and Father, parent and child and siblings rather than just sticking to the more common sex and shopping story lines (which I have to say are my usual fave!)
I did also really like the humour Alliott included in her book. Many parts had me laughing out loud which is always a good sign and I did like the way that you really feel like you get to know the characters very well, even if you are not fond of them!
Overall I rate this book as a 4/10 in the Novel Cafe. It was a warm, light, easy read which was amusing at times but to me it did seem a bit on the long slow side. I found I was always waiting for something 'big' to happen or a twist but one never came along. I’m sure many of you would enjoy, especially if you are a fan of Alliott's, it was just not for me.
Ella plays the main character in the book, a middle aged mother of two who fell in love at 19 to her handsome Sebastian. After years of marriage Ella and Sebastian are now separated and live apart...but on the same farm - intriguing hey? That’s exactly what I thought!
The book is very much centered on Ella and how she is dealing with this peculiar situation. One of the main reasons I think I struggled to get into the book was because I didn't feel I could connect to Ella and this was a little off putting. I thought she was very self-absorbed and feeling sorry for herself all the time, I got a little bored of her if I'm honest.
The storyline was very family orientated I did like the way that it explored relationships between husband and wife, Mother and Father, parent and child and siblings rather than just sticking to the more common sex and shopping story lines (which I have to say are my usual fave!)
I did also really like the humour Alliott included in her book. Many parts had me laughing out loud which is always a good sign and I did like the way that you really feel like you get to know the characters very well, even if you are not fond of them!
Overall I rate this book as a 4/10 in the Novel Cafe. It was a warm, light, easy read which was amusing at times but to me it did seem a bit on the long slow side. I found I was always waiting for something 'big' to happen or a twist but one never came along. I’m sure many of you would enjoy, especially if you are a fan of Alliott's, it was just not for me.
September 1, 2013
This book was a little slow to start and if I hadn’t promised to review it I may have given up. The tale felt familiar, almost a mish-mash of other stories; failed marriages, parents rediscovering their youth and libido, opinionated teenagers you could cheerfully slap and yet it was beautifully written. Ella’s internal monologue was insightful and illuminating; her personality and that of her friends and family were coloured in as the pages unfolded.
The protagonist irritated me as often as she invoked my pity and yet I failed to feel any genuine sympathy for her or her situation. However maybe she vexed me because I identified her weaknesses with my own – the complexity in her relationships with others was testament to the experience and talent of the author.
I was waiting for something to happen that didn’t materialise, turning each page hoping for a something, anything to grip me and towards the very end it did – secrets unfolded, happy endings ensued. Although I’m glad I persevered with it even just for paragraphs such as this;
“Oh, to run away. To no longer be somebody’s mother, somebody’s sister, or somebody’s daughter with dividend and complicated loyalties. Not to mention somebody’s wife...”
I like a book to grip me, to leave me pondering about characters when I have stepped out of the pages and this did not do that, although I don’t feel reading it was a waste of time; I enjoyed it for what it was; a rambling tale of everyday where nothing startling is happening but life.
The protagonist irritated me as often as she invoked my pity and yet I failed to feel any genuine sympathy for her or her situation. However maybe she vexed me because I identified her weaknesses with my own – the complexity in her relationships with others was testament to the experience and talent of the author.
I was waiting for something to happen that didn’t materialise, turning each page hoping for a something, anything to grip me and towards the very end it did – secrets unfolded, happy endings ensued. Although I’m glad I persevered with it even just for paragraphs such as this;
“Oh, to run away. To no longer be somebody’s mother, somebody’s sister, or somebody’s daughter with dividend and complicated loyalties. Not to mention somebody’s wife...”
I like a book to grip me, to leave me pondering about characters when I have stepped out of the pages and this did not do that, although I don’t feel reading it was a waste of time; I enjoyed it for what it was; a rambling tale of everyday where nothing startling is happening but life.
March 12, 2015
If agas, stone mullioned Cotswold farmhouses and hens wandering in and out of the kitchen are your cup of tea then this book is perfect!
Elements like this are exactly my 'thing' echoing my own life beautifully so I savoured every page.
In addition if you like your characters to be Ludos, Sebastians and Aramintas then grab this book as soon as possible.
This book is witty and clever. It is NOT fluffy chick-lit. To be hoenst I do not want to put it in the chick-lit catagory; it is far too intelligent for that. Classy and very well written.
There are some genuine laugh out loud moment; the incident with the dog poo is fantastic. Believe it or not - it really is very funny. The hens have as much personality as the main characters! And that is not to say the characters are weak. On the contrary, every character is fully developed and lovable or loathable, although able to constantly surprise with interesting arcs. It is just these hens are lovable or loatable too!
If I had a niggle it would be that there was a little too much swearing in it for my liking, not that it is gratuitous, it's just I'm not too keen on the f-bomb in these types of story.
The heroine, Ella, is great. She is flawed and wonderfully normal; relatable and frighteningly real.
Finally, unlike most other chick-lits this one is not predictable, but still warming and cosy and comfortable.
Catherine Alliott at her best. She never fails and I can't get enough of her.
Elements like this are exactly my 'thing' echoing my own life beautifully so I savoured every page.
In addition if you like your characters to be Ludos, Sebastians and Aramintas then grab this book as soon as possible.
This book is witty and clever. It is NOT fluffy chick-lit. To be hoenst I do not want to put it in the chick-lit catagory; it is far too intelligent for that. Classy and very well written.
There are some genuine laugh out loud moment; the incident with the dog poo is fantastic. Believe it or not - it really is very funny. The hens have as much personality as the main characters! And that is not to say the characters are weak. On the contrary, every character is fully developed and lovable or loathable, although able to constantly surprise with interesting arcs. It is just these hens are lovable or loatable too!
If I had a niggle it would be that there was a little too much swearing in it for my liking, not that it is gratuitous, it's just I'm not too keen on the f-bomb in these types of story.
The heroine, Ella, is great. She is flawed and wonderfully normal; relatable and frighteningly real.
Finally, unlike most other chick-lits this one is not predictable, but still warming and cosy and comfortable.
Catherine Alliott at her best. She never fails and I can't get enough of her.
July 8, 2013
Around 65% into My Husband Next Door, I put down my kindle and spent a good few minutes analysing the book as a whole. You see I wasn't too sure what I was reading. I didn't understand the storyline, didn't get the backgrounds of the characters or the whole way in which the book speaks. I told myself to carry on and not to look to hard for something that could actually be staring me in the face. So, I carried on...
My Husband Next Door is a collaboration of love in different circumstances. Following a muddle of characters lost in a world of either too much love or not enough love. All in all it opens up to be a book of wonder. If I'm being totally honest with you a book that will make you think about the different circumstances that are unfolding in front of you with a different view than what you would have done before.
It's hard for me to write a review really because as a whole the story for me was a bit flat and the book did drag on, but thinking about it as a whole once finished has you in wonder. Bizarre hey?
I'd definitely recommend this book to try as it has seriously got me in two minds.
4/5
My Husband Next Door is a collaboration of love in different circumstances. Following a muddle of characters lost in a world of either too much love or not enough love. All in all it opens up to be a book of wonder. If I'm being totally honest with you a book that will make you think about the different circumstances that are unfolding in front of you with a different view than what you would have done before.
It's hard for me to write a review really because as a whole the story for me was a bit flat and the book did drag on, but thinking about it as a whole once finished has you in wonder. Bizarre hey?
I'd definitely recommend this book to try as it has seriously got me in two minds.
4/5
January 25, 2017
My rating is more a 3.5. I do recommend this book because it is nice to sometimes not be consumed with reading a book quickly to the end. I could pick this up, enjoy it, but could put it down and get on with my day or sleep! There are some life lessons here that resonate with me, being somewhat of the same age and sometimes having the same 'woe as me' moments as the main character. Please don't let the 3.5 scare you off. I know that I usually don't bother with books unless they are 4s or 5s. I do plan to read more by this author.
May 18, 2017
Read this in English. It was an ok romance novel. The couple lives in different houses but on the same farm, they are no longer loving each other, but just co-existing. She's fancying someone else and it's about to turn into a relationship, he's cheated on her and is now a heavily drinking ex artist. But something happens and she has to face some things she's not willing to see and things turn around. It was relaxing and entertaining enough.
January 8, 2014
Was an extremely boring book!
The lead character was self absorbed, dithery and pathetic.
This book was very hard to get into but I'd started so i hoped that it would get better so I carried on. Wish i hadn't bothered as their was no storyline girl meets boy, they fall in love, married, kids, career, separate think about "affairs" then get back together YAWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN!!
The lead character was self absorbed, dithery and pathetic.
This book was very hard to get into but I'd started so i hoped that it would get better so I carried on. Wish i hadn't bothered as their was no storyline girl meets boy, they fall in love, married, kids, career, separate think about "affairs" then get back together YAWWWWWWWWWWWNNNNNNNNNNNN!!
October 9, 2016
I got this books thanks to First Reads
This is the first book I have read by the author. I found it an alright book but a bit difficult to get into. It's a good book for lying by the pool on holiday. Will definitely read another book by Catherine Alliott
This is the first book I have read by the author. I found it an alright book but a bit difficult to get into. It's a good book for lying by the pool on holiday. Will definitely read another book by Catherine Alliott
January 4, 2015
Not quite the laugh-out-loud chicklit I assumed it to be but one with some pretty darn fabulous insights.
August 7, 2018
Boring and annoying - made it about page 50!
October 1, 2018
Just couldn't get into it :(
August 22, 2022
Ella was nineteen and madly in love when she married dashing young artist Sebastian Montclair. But that was a long time ago. Now Ella and the kids live in a ramshackle farmhouse while Sebastian and his paintings inhabit the outhouse next door - a family separated in every way but distance. Is it a marvelously modern relationship - or a disaster waiting to happen?
So when charming gardner Ludo arrives on the scene and Sebastian makes a sudden and surprising decision, Ella sees a chance at a fresh start.
Yet with two teenagers and her parents on the verge of their own late-life crisis, will Ella be allowed to choose her own path? And how long can she hide from the truth which haunts her broken marriage?
So apparently this book is in the genre called chick lit? Marvelously out of fashion and considered sexist terminology which I find myself agreeing with. So I am going to call this contemporary fiction/romance.
I would also say that the term 'chick lit' seems to cheapen how well written this book is.
The prose is accomplished and incredibly witty, the dialogue in some parts is the work of a genius.
The characters and their hang ups are wonderfully fleshed out. Ella I really identified with, she was so human in the fact that her own bruised ego would never quite let her see the full picture. A trait she shared with both her Mother and her sister. Despite her family's insistence that all issues lay at her feet, I felt she was really appallingly treated by nearly everyone in the book.
But she and the other characters really grew throughout the novel and ended it as better people. I have read some complaints that this book is too middle class and makes fun of lower class people. I didn't feel that, I felt it laid most of these characters problems squarely at the foot of middle class values.
I also have read that people felt this book was too long but I flew through it in three days flat!
It was to me a masterpiece on marriage, childcare and human nature, an homage to the legacy your parents leave you with and the perfect truth that all relationships are a compromise and a sacrifice, a partnership to be worked on everyday.
A truly special read.
So when charming gardner Ludo arrives on the scene and Sebastian makes a sudden and surprising decision, Ella sees a chance at a fresh start.
Yet with two teenagers and her parents on the verge of their own late-life crisis, will Ella be allowed to choose her own path? And how long can she hide from the truth which haunts her broken marriage?
So apparently this book is in the genre called chick lit? Marvelously out of fashion and considered sexist terminology which I find myself agreeing with. So I am going to call this contemporary fiction/romance.
I would also say that the term 'chick lit' seems to cheapen how well written this book is.
The prose is accomplished and incredibly witty, the dialogue in some parts is the work of a genius.
The characters and their hang ups are wonderfully fleshed out. Ella I really identified with, she was so human in the fact that her own bruised ego would never quite let her see the full picture. A trait she shared with both her Mother and her sister. Despite her family's insistence that all issues lay at her feet, I felt she was really appallingly treated by nearly everyone in the book.
But she and the other characters really grew throughout the novel and ended it as better people. I have read some complaints that this book is too middle class and makes fun of lower class people. I didn't feel that, I felt it laid most of these characters problems squarely at the foot of middle class values.
I also have read that people felt this book was too long but I flew through it in three days flat!
It was to me a masterpiece on marriage, childcare and human nature, an homage to the legacy your parents leave you with and the perfect truth that all relationships are a compromise and a sacrifice, a partnership to be worked on everyday.
A truly special read.
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