Practising Wearing Purple

by Margaret Graham

"...heart-warming and dramatic..." - BOOKLIST Bright, beautiful and loving, Kate Maxwell is the fixed centre of her family circle, a circle dominated by her selfish husband Peter. When Kate's much loved mother-in-law dies and unexpectedly leaves her not only the means of escape, but also strict instructions to carry it through, Kate is in turmoil. As she sets out to fulfil Barbs's eccentric bequest, Kate realizes that it represents her first real chance at happiness - but will she have the courage to seize it with both hands?

448 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1999

About the author

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Margaret Graham is a bestselling author and has been writing for 30 years. Margaret's novels have been published in the UK, Europe and the USA. Margaret has written two plays, co-researched a television documentary - which grew out of Canopy of Silence, and has written numerous short stories and features.

Reviews

[Colleen · Rating 3 out of 5]

British author, along the lines of Joanna Trollope. It was pretty good; good enough that I’ll give her other books a try. It could have been edited a little tighter as I found I skimmed a bit about 2/3 of the way through, but overall was a good light read.