After twenty years of marriage, Ben ups and leaves his wife Rose, their children and their family home in Dublin. Just like that: no words of regret, no compromise, no note - only a simple 'I don't love you anymore'. It has taken Rose all this time to get her life together again: she's brought up her three children, Lisa, Brian and Damien single-handedly, and not without difficulty for never again does she want to be completely broke, or to have to revisit that night in hospital with Damien hovering between life and death. To think about it just makes her shudder.

Now Rose is concentrating on her business, the 'Bonne Bouche' bakery, and all the clients she's won, all the friends she's made. Her accounts are in order, the business is blooming. Life really doesn't seem too bad. Until Ben returns, again without warning, and it is soon clear that he expects to infiltrate Rose's carefully created world in the most unwelcome of ways.

A stunning sequel to In the Beginning, Catherine Dunne's first novel, Something Like Love is an astonishing portrait of a marriage, and of how the ties that bind are sometimes there forever.

About the Author
Catherine Dunne was born in Dublin. After studying English and Spanish at Trinity College, she became a teacher. Her first novel, In the Beginning, was published in 1997, and was translated into several languages. Her most recent novels are The Walled Garden and Another Kind of Life and her non-fiction book, An Unconsidered People was published in 2003 and has sold over 12, 000 copies in Ireland alone. Catherine Dunne lives in Dublin.


Book Information
ISBN 9780230765849
Author Catherine Dunne
Format Paperback
Page Count 312
Imprint Macmillan
Publisher Pan Macmillan
Weight(grams) 499g
Dimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 18mm