The Perfect Happiness
A wife who has forgotten her own beauty and allure. A distant, distracted husband. A smart, candlelit dinner party, witty conversation, and a charmingly rugged vineyard owner from South Africa. So begins Santa Montefiore’s powerful and poignant new novel in which a woman who finds herself in a common predicament must confront the most unlikely aspects of herself.
"I hope you don’t mind my writing to you," begins the first e-mail bestselling children’s book author Angelica receives from Jack. Surely it can’t do any harm to indulge in a mild flirtation. After all, she wouldn’t risk her stable marriage and the happiness of her treasured children. But things don’t stop at an e-mail, and when Angelica goes to Cape Town for a book tour, her affair with Jack begins in earnest. On their last day together, he makes a stunning confession, and now everything Angelica thought she knew about love and passion, safety and experience, right and wrong are entirely upended once again.
A tender book about the true meaning of love and happily ever after, The Perfect Happiness is for any woman who has ever looked up from her steady, secure life and secretly wondered "what if . . ."
This woman bugged me. She is an accomplished children's novelist with a large fan base, has 2 kids that are perfect angles, has more close friends than most women, a husband that isn't perfect but she's happy with him (until she thinks someone one better comes along). The thing that bugs me the most about her is that she puts all her value on whether or not any man is attracted to her.
Meh!! Similar to the rating of 2 stars that says it was ok it was just ok.Not my usual genre of reading material I suppose, but I will say, its better than those Harlequin Romance type books. THOSE are way too FLUFFY for me. Because of a friend who, raved about how much she enjoyed The Affair, and then recommended this book to me, I hated not giving it a chance SO, I read it! (Im glad shes not on Goodreads to see this review) Im sorry Brenda but I guess I just didnt like the topic of
There is nothing like a good love story, even if its not your own. Its a pleasure to witness true love, even when its just fiction. Want to know why? All the stories have come from the mind and the heart of a human being, just like you and me. It makes me rather hopeful... knowing that there are people who feel the world differently. This book is bittersweet, bittersweet to the point of actually hurting. I should be expecting this for its not my first Santa Montefiore novel, but somehow I had
When Angelica meets Jack at a dinner party, they find themselves attracted to each other and their flirting leads to friendship and then threatens to progress further. When cracks appear in her relationship with husband Olivier, Angelica chases a dream life in South Africa with Jack. But is it really the life she wants and what secret is Jack hiding from her?Beautifully written, The Affair is a moving account of people reaching a certain stage in their life and craving the passion and excitement
NOPE. I grabbed this book from my work office's book exchange, and should have read the title as a big red flag. First off, I'm not too into romance or chick lit. But my biggest problem with this book is that all the clever phrases and quotes and jokes felt really familiar. Familiar like I've seen them plastered all over memes on Pinterest. The author takes VERY popular and famous quotes and claims them as her own. Quite frankly, I don't know how this book was published, because I feel it is
I loved this and read it in three days. What stood out for me was the way the author added some powerful life messages in there. This has everything. Passion, philosophy and intrigue.
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Paperback | Pages: 400 pages Rating: 3.47 | 1835 Users | 193 Reviews
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Title | : | The Perfect Happiness |
Author | : | Santa Montefiore |
Book Format | : | Paperback |
Book Edition | : | First Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 400 pages |
Published | : | June 8th 2010 by Simon & Schuster (first published April 1st 2010) |
Categories | : | Fiction. Roman. Womens Fiction. Chick Lit. Romance |
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Wonderfully wise Santa Montefiore will capture your heart with this "bittersweet and thought-provoking"* novel about a modern wife who must ask herself, Would I risk everything for love?A wife who has forgotten her own beauty and allure. A distant, distracted husband. A smart, candlelit dinner party, witty conversation, and a charmingly rugged vineyard owner from South Africa. So begins Santa Montefiore’s powerful and poignant new novel in which a woman who finds herself in a common predicament must confront the most unlikely aspects of herself.
"I hope you don’t mind my writing to you," begins the first e-mail bestselling children’s book author Angelica receives from Jack. Surely it can’t do any harm to indulge in a mild flirtation. After all, she wouldn’t risk her stable marriage and the happiness of her treasured children. But things don’t stop at an e-mail, and when Angelica goes to Cape Town for a book tour, her affair with Jack begins in earnest. On their last day together, he makes a stunning confession, and now everything Angelica thought she knew about love and passion, safety and experience, right and wrong are entirely upended once again.
A tender book about the true meaning of love and happily ever after, The Perfect Happiness is for any woman who has ever looked up from her steady, secure life and secretly wondered "what if . . ."
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Original Title: | The Perfect Happiness |
ISBN: | 1439183465 (ISBN13: 9781439183465) |
Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.47 From 1835 Users | 193 ReviewsAssessment Containing Books The Perfect Happiness
also entitled the perfest happiness attraction, temptation and compulsion .... angelica is happily married to a wealthy frenchman and has 2 children she adores. she also writes children's books which her husband considers a hobby but may be necessary when the financial crunch looms then her life is pulled apart when she meets a man and feels an instant attraction to him - and vice versa she finally commits adultery in his home country of south africa and then a moment of savage violence changesThis woman bugged me. She is an accomplished children's novelist with a large fan base, has 2 kids that are perfect angles, has more close friends than most women, a husband that isn't perfect but she's happy with him (until she thinks someone one better comes along). The thing that bugs me the most about her is that she puts all her value on whether or not any man is attracted to her.
Meh!! Similar to the rating of 2 stars that says it was ok it was just ok.Not my usual genre of reading material I suppose, but I will say, its better than those Harlequin Romance type books. THOSE are way too FLUFFY for me. Because of a friend who, raved about how much she enjoyed The Affair, and then recommended this book to me, I hated not giving it a chance SO, I read it! (Im glad shes not on Goodreads to see this review) Im sorry Brenda but I guess I just didnt like the topic of
There is nothing like a good love story, even if its not your own. Its a pleasure to witness true love, even when its just fiction. Want to know why? All the stories have come from the mind and the heart of a human being, just like you and me. It makes me rather hopeful... knowing that there are people who feel the world differently. This book is bittersweet, bittersweet to the point of actually hurting. I should be expecting this for its not my first Santa Montefiore novel, but somehow I had
When Angelica meets Jack at a dinner party, they find themselves attracted to each other and their flirting leads to friendship and then threatens to progress further. When cracks appear in her relationship with husband Olivier, Angelica chases a dream life in South Africa with Jack. But is it really the life she wants and what secret is Jack hiding from her?Beautifully written, The Affair is a moving account of people reaching a certain stage in their life and craving the passion and excitement
NOPE. I grabbed this book from my work office's book exchange, and should have read the title as a big red flag. First off, I'm not too into romance or chick lit. But my biggest problem with this book is that all the clever phrases and quotes and jokes felt really familiar. Familiar like I've seen them plastered all over memes on Pinterest. The author takes VERY popular and famous quotes and claims them as her own. Quite frankly, I don't know how this book was published, because I feel it is
I loved this and read it in three days. What stood out for me was the way the author added some powerful life messages in there. This has everything. Passion, philosophy and intrigue.
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