Chasing Rainbows

by Katie Flynn

Is love just an illusion? To the outside, Clare has a beautiful home, a devoted husband and daughter, and plenty of money. But she is bored. And she is plagued by doubts. Her husband Clive spends most of the year abroad—but what does he do after work hours? And her daughter Sally claims to spend all her time with horses and homework—but what about boys? Lonely, thwarted, and unfulfilled—and against Clive’s wishes—Clare takes a job managing a café. Her ambition is to experience real life, to escape the imaginary feelings that plague her. But when a handsome stranger walks through the door, there is nothing imaginary about her feelings.

448 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1991

About the author

Librarian Note: There is more than one author by this name in the Goodreads database.

Katie Flynn was born in Norwich and attended Norwich High School, where she was extremely happy and extremely undistinguished. Published at the tender age of eight, in Enid Blyton's Sunny Stories, she joined a Writers’ Circle as an adult, publishing short stories, articles, etc; only turning to novels in 1971 because the postal strike cut off her main source of income!
At first she wrote under several different names – Judith Saxton, Judy Turner, Lydia Balmain, Judith Arden – but her Katie Flynn books were a delight to write and proved far more popular than she had dreamed. She has now published nearly ninety novels, twenty-seven of which are Flynns. Her most recent titles are: Lost Days of Summer and Christmas Wishes.

Reviews

[Katy Sewell · Rating 2 out of 5]

Very Mills and Booney and old fashioned... is it set in the 70s/80s, not sure? 'Little woman' becomes a bit independent from controlling husband and has an affair... to realise that she wants and needs him. Not for me.

[Linzi Day · Rating 5 out of 5]

A very old favourite now on audio nicely narrated by Anne Dover

[Ann Pellew · Rating 5 out of 5]

Story started slow but grew into an enjoyable tale.

Well writen and an absorbing story about life. Different from Katie's normal historic stories but a good read. Thanks Katie