Getting Home

by Celia Brayfield

Stephanie Sands is happier than ever, living in a lovely house in Westwick, happily married, busy in her garden and friendly with the neighbours. Then one day, her husband fails to return from a trip and simply disappears. Friends offering support and comfort, quickly become deadly enemies.

Genres: Fiction

500 pages, Mass Market Paperback

First published June 1, 1998

About the author

Celia Brayfield has written four non-fiction books and nine novels of which Mister Fabulous and Friends is currently in development for television. Her novel Heartswap was optioned by Paramount and Harvest for Chrysalis Films. Celia is currently working on a series of historical novels. She also teaches Creative Writing at Bath Spa University and Brunel University.

After attending St Paul's Girls' School in London, Celia went to Grenoble University in France to study French Language and Literature, before moving into journalism at The Times. She has one daughter and lives in Oxfordshire.

Reviews

[The Cats’ Mother · Rating 2 out of 5]

This was OK, I found the bitterness somewhat wearying, but eventually the story did get going. It was hard to care about any of the characters. and very irritating trying to work out whether it was set in the US or UK (never specified, not sure if this was deliberate!)

[Jan · Rating 3 out of 5]

Witty account of intrigue, relationships and family life in suburbia. Some fun descriptions, and story unravels in a sitcom kind of way. Only less credible part was that a town council would side with a property developer out of self interest - shome mishtake, shurely? ;)

[Tracy Grant · Rating 3 out of 5]

Not as funny as I thought it would be. The last 50 pages were the best.

[Emma Long · Rating 3 out of 5]

It took a while to get into but was a reasonable quick read.

[Kerry Smart · Rating 3 out of 5]

Fun and light entertaining read. Good holiday chick lit

[JenniferB]

"Trash" type novel - easy to read, up to date, some good bits