Gingerbread Husbands

by Barbara Else

Sophie Redlove has a crumbling Gothic mansion to restore, three children to manage and a distraught friend. She loves her absent husband, Russell, but an older man and a younger man are after her. There's even an angel and a Viking on the scene! Where is Russell, and why is Sophie dependent on men?

272 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Barbara Else is a playwright and fiction writer, and has also worked as a literary agent, editor and fiction consultant. Else won the Victoria University Writer’s Fellowship in 1999, and was made a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to literature in 2005.

Reviews

[Elaine Reese · Rating 4 out of 5]

I loved it! Great characters and a wonderfully zany plot, studded with nuggets of wisdom. If you like Lucille Ball, you will love Sophie Redlove.

[Gillian · Rating 3 out of 5]

I loved the chaotic ending. What atmospheric writing. Just a point though; baby guinea pigs are not born naked. They are little balls of fluff with eyes open, and can run around as soon a they are born.