A Warm Wind

by Jane Thomson

You know your marriage needs work when you go to sleep next to your husband dreaming of what a relief it would be to wake up next to his dead body. When Anthea’s husband has an unexpected accident on a business trip overseas, Anthea meets the ebullient Kate and life starts to change in unexpected ways.

This is a novel about breaking up and working out what it is you really want in life, and who it is you really are.

224 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Why do we write?
Because we have to. I've been writing since I was four ("Mum is very very booring!". She wasn't pleased.).
Apart from that seminal work, you can find more about my books at www.fallaciousrose.com/books. Who is Fallacious Rose? Well, that's me - but I've only recently begun to publish under that pen name, so you can still find books under my real name. This doesn't do much for my reputation as an international woman of mystery - but them's the breaks.

Reviews

[Carrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

A tale of a rather self-absorbed woman stuck in an unhappy marriage who carries on with her less-than-admirable antics despite her husband's convalescence in an overseas hospital after an accident. The main character, Anthea, is not always likable, but that doesn't keep the reader from relating to her. The style is light and breezy on the surface but carries much weight in the subtext. An easy read but at the same time thought-provoking. I recommend "A Warm Wind" to anyone who enjoys an intimate look inside a marriage.

[Amy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Great premise - unhappily married woman dreams of waking up and finding her husband dead - instead he is hit by a bus and won't be home for 3 months. She gets to live the life she has been dreaming of - on her own, without him. Except for missing his help with their 2 obnoxious children, she really does fine without him. The reason I gave it such a low rating was that I felt it was unfinished and the ending left too much to the reader's imagination.