The Trouble With Single Women

by Yvonne Roberts

Fee Travers is in her thirties, single and under pressure to find a male, any male, but preferably one who can breathe unaided. Imogen Banks is also unattached, bright, successful, and delights in being thoroughly bad. She is confident that she can help herself to any man she fancies - especially if he has a wife. Claire Harper has always regarded a husband, a Volvo, two children and a labrador as her destiny. But at 40 and coping alone, she realises a little self-help is required and arranges a marriage for herself. Each woman is breaking the rules of the mating game, but it's Fee who really triggers the trouble. Her aim is to trade in an old-fashioned happy ever after for a new beginning. So why is that so upsetting to those around her? Is a new beginning really too much for single girls to ask for?

452 pages, Paperback

First published November 1, 1997

Reviews

[Nick Davies · Rating 2 out of 5]

I wanted a little more from this - I don't mind a bit of chick-lit every now and then if it is witty and fun, but this was a touch *too* light and the characters seemed a little unpleasant and like lazy caricatures. Some books of this genre have enough in them to appeal to everyone, this made me feel like I wasn't the target audience (and I'm not wholly sure how many people would be).

[Rachael]

Perhaps the problem I had with this book was the length. I found it hard to keep track of all the characters & storylines. There were inconsistencies eg a character's name being changed.
I didn't like the nastiness shown by some of the women to each other, whilst the men's traits were simply accepted without judgement. to accept old fashioned views of wmen.

[Amrita · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very nice read - can relate to a lot of the things said in the book