Single Lives

by Amanda Brookfield

Annie and Marina have shared a London flat for years, and in spite of very different outlooks on life have become very close. Annie, a newspaper columnist, is unsure of herself and eager, longing to find the man of her dreams who will always give her the life she has always wished for. Marina works in the City, is beautiful, confident, and in spite of having the pick of the most eligible men in the financial world, is content to be single and concentrate on her career. So of course it's Marina who falls, totally unexpectedly, head over heals in love with the last man on earth you'd expect to see her with. And Annie is left, feeling very alone, facing the prospect of her worst fears coming true.

316 pages, Hardcover

First published August 19, 1999

About the author

I have two elder sisters and a twin brother who is much quieter than me and with much longer legs. Our Dad was in the Foreign Office so we spent our childhood living in far-flung places like Shanghai and Stockholm. In fact, until the age of 32 I had never spent more than 3 years under the same roof...it's left me with the opposite of 'itchy feet'.
I fell in love with writing aged 11 when my class was asked to write a ghost story - that thrill of being able to make it all up! Studying English at Oxford was a dream come true, but then real life got in the way and I started a career in advertising, climbing the greasy pole for four years, helping sell washing powder and cold remedies.
Aged 25, I got the chance to go and live in Argentina. I left advertising, set myself up as a freelance journalist and wrote my first novel,'Alice Alone' which was published (to critical acclaim!) in 1989. I haven't stopped,or looked back, since.
I am now published by Penguin. At the last count I had produced fifteen novels and two sons. There will be no more offspring, but lots of books I hope.

Reviews

[Charlie Trafford · Rating 5 out of 5]

I liked this book so much, one of those 'could not put it down books' quite a complex vision of love and attraction, very readable, one of my favourite authors.

[Harry Tomos · Rating 5 out of 5]

loved this book, there is an unexpected moment, in fact two in this I did not see and gave it a twist...you think you know where the twist is heading and then it veers off...really enjoyed it!