Standing in a Hammock

by Paula Clamp

Ashbury, middle-class suburbia, where curtains and blinds thinly veil the passions and heartaches that lie within.

At Number 2 - The husband's waistband's expanding, but the wife wears the trousers.
At Number 5 - There's an earth mother staying in, but a siren bursting to come out.
At Number 7 - She's gorgeous, she's sexy and she wears kitten heels. So why is she home alone?
At Number 8 - The silence is deafening. The curtains are drawn...again.
Over the space of a single weekend, the lives of five of its residents are thrown off balance as they learn about each other and the secrets they hold.

390 pages, Paperback

First published April 12, 2002

About the author

Paula Clamp is an award-winning, bestselling novelist, writing adult and young adult fiction. She also writes for theatre and screen. She lives in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

Reviews

[joleen morrison · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is fun, funny, and at times sad. With an easy to remember number of characters And lovely short chapters, it is like 5 short stories in one that all combine into one wonderful book. And I bet you will relate to at least one characters story. Definitely a street I’d like to live on. The ending is all wrapped up wonderfully too, which I love! I hate being left guessing. Read it, you won’t be disappointed. Looking forward to reading more of Paula’s books 🤓

[Annie · Rating 4 out of 5]

I bought this eBook on Amazon Australia, downloaded it to my iPad and finished it in a few days. I was intrigued by the plot with several protagonists living next door and across the road to each other. There were surprising twists within the story and some very heartfelt moments intermingled with a few funny scenes. Themes include relationships, loss, love, betrayal, friendship, drug use, connection and family dynamics! It is very well written and I look forward to reading another book by this author.