The Control Freak Chronicles

by Sarah Tucker

At forty-four, Helena Treadwell thought she had everything sorted. After divorcing her control freak ex, Leonard Wallis, she and her nine-year-old son, Freddie, relocated to her home town of Castleford. She's made a happy home for them and has a successful career as a radio presenter. Finally she feels she's clawing back the control and confidence she lost to Leonard. But life is never simple for long ...

Helena unexpectedly loses her job and Leonard announces that not only does he want Freddie to attend a private boarding school, he's also decided to move to Castleford to set up home with 'the other woman'. Suddenly Helena's losing control again, as her past comes back to unravel her future.

448 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2009

About the author

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British author Sarah Tucker is an award-winning travel journalist and broadcaster. She divides her time between England and France, and only has room for one man in her life: her four-year-old son, Thomas.

Reviews

[Anna Felices · Rating 2 out of 5]

There were some interesting themes in the story but it didn’t feel like most of them were enough chance, so you never dove into them properly. Also, the bigger issue for me is the amount of spelling mistakes/typos. I don’t understand how that can still be happening, but it loses stars for me.

[Janice · Rating 3 out of 5]

I enjoyed the story, but I felt that it was badly written. I don't really like novels in the present tense as I don't see how it can all be happening NOW, but with this book the language didn't seem true to life. I don't think the author has a child in state primary education.

[JenniferB · Rating 3 out of 5]

Enjoyable, but again cliched and some parts not convincing.