Description
An Unsuitable Match, by number one bestselling author Joanna Trollope, is an uplifting story of love, family and second chances.
'Nobody writes about family tensions better than Joanna Trollope' - Good Housekeeping
Rose Woodrowe has just got engaged to Tyler Masson - a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn't the first time for either of them, and their five grown-up children have strong opinions on the matter . . .
Who to listen to? Who to please? Rose and Tyler are determined to get it right this time, but in trying to make everyone happy, can they ever be happy themselves?
Two families. One proposal. A decision that could pull them apart. A novel about love, family and second chances from the number one bestselling author of City of Friends.
About the Author
Joanna Trollope is the author of many highly acclaimed and bestselling novels, including The Rector's Wife, Marrying the Mistress and Daughters in Law. She was appointed OBE in 1996, a trustee of the National Literacy Trust in 2012, and a trustee of the Royal Literary Fund in 2016. She has chaired the Whitbread and Orange Awards, as well as being a judge of many other literature prizes including chairing the BBC National Short Story Awards for 2017. She has been part of two DCMS panels on public libraries and is patron of numerous charities, including Meningitis Now and Chawton House Library. In 2014, she updated Jane Austen's Sense and Sensibility as the opening novel in the Austen Project. An Unsuitable Match is her twenty-first novel.
Reviews
Trollope is an extremely assured writer, with a brilliant eye for detail and a finely tuned emotional intelligence ... she writes absorbing, wise stories that dramatise the dilemmas we face * Sunday Times *
With her compassion for her characters, Trollope cuts to the quick of family life, and the difference between men and women -- Fanny Blake * Woman & Home *
Joanna Trollope's novels address the issues and emotional journeys that face women today * Sunday Express *
Trollope writes about family relationships with intelligence and clear-eyed sympathy * The Times *
The unmatchable Joanna Trollope at her best * Choice *
The plot, knitting all the couple's children together in a web of mutual interest, is clever and has some unexpected outcomes. The scenes also abound with delicious contemporary tropes. An absorbing, slickly executed treat. * Daily Mail *
Joanna Trollope at her finest, writing about the complexity of simple things * Good Housekeeping *
No one captures family dynamics like Joanna Trollope: the shifts and rifts and nuances, the knock-on effects of life decisions . . . A pitch-perfect novel * Sunday Express *
Book Information
ISBN 9781509823505
Author Joanna Trollope
Format Paperback
Page Count 336
Imprint Pan Books
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 228g
Dimensions(mm) 197mm * 131mm * 22mm