Did the Earth Move? [Paperback]

Carmen Reid (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 6, 2005

It's all about Eve.

At least, it should be -- after divorce with Dennis and being jilted by Joseph, Eve could use a little "me" time. Yoga and tending her tiny organic garden keep her centered, but life's complicated when you have two barely grown sons, two little ones at home, and a demanding job. At the end of the day, Probation Officer Eve morphs into Mommy Eve, master of meals, homework, laundry, and bath time.

It's all or nothing.

But Eve is irrepressible, a free spirit who still ponders the big questions: Is she too old to dye her hair pink? Does a one-night stand with the veterinarian count as a sex life? Did she let the one man who truly adores her get away? When her oldest son announces he's getting married, Eve's exes come hurtling back into her world, and she sees the men in her life with new eyes. After all, there's more to love than out-of-this-world sex. Though if you're lucky, you can have both....

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Full of love, hope, and a dash of sadness, it's a great read."

-- The Sunday Mirror (U.K.)

"A funny, sexy tale of contemporary choices."

-- Family Circle

About the Author

Carmen Reid is the author of the bestselling novels Three in a Bed, Did the Earth Move?, How Was it for You? and Up All Night. Her new novel The Personal Shopper, will be out in July 2007. After working as a journalist in London she moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where she looks after one husband, two children, a puppy, three goldfish and writes almost all the rest of the time. Visit her website at www.carmenreid.com --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: Pocket Books; Original edition (September 6, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0743493761
• ISBN-13: 978-0743493765
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #742,864 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Carmen Reid is the author of the bestselling novels Three in a Bed, Did The Earth Move?, The Personal Shopper and Up All Night amongst others.

After working as a journalist in London she moved to Glasgow, Scotland, where she looks after one husband, two children, a puppy, three goldfish and writes almost all the rest of the time.

Visit her website at www.carmenreid.com


Photography Carmen Reid © Martin Hunter

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars Absolutely Fantastic!, February 20, 2009

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R. Blackstock "luckye" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Did the Earth Move? (Kindle Edition)

This is my first book by this author, I chose this book because I liked the cover of the book. The characters in the book were great! And Eve is a mother I want to be some day. It was amazing to read the challenges in her life and how she has managed, and once she divorced Dennis she wanted to find herself again. This book made me laugh, made me cry, made my heartache, and just punch Dennis in the face :) I will definately be getting another book by this author. Great read!!

4.0 out of 5 stars first time reading this author..., August 20, 2006

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LAD (PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Did the Earth Move? (Paperback)

I really enjoyed this book. The book tells the story in present time and then goes back and mixes the past in to show what happened to Eve in her previous relationships to explain her current situation. Eve is a strong woman and it's interesting to see how she deal with her two sets of children and the men in her life.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Join the fun and crazyness that is Eve's life!, January 15, 2007

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C. Dionne "Chrissy Dionne" (Cloverdale, OREGON USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Did the Earth Move? (Paperback)

Eve is the single mother of four children-two adult boys, a nine-year-old girl, and a tenacious two-year-old little boy. She loves the life she's made for herself and her children. She even enjoys her job as a probation officer. She has a full and busy life but still can't stop thinking about Joseph, the father of her youngest children. Seeing him each time he came to visit with his two children has her hormones in overdrive.

Dennis had married Eve when she was nineteen years old. Dennis was supposedly a financial wizard, and they lived the good life with everything money could buy. They had two children together. When they lost everything financially Dennis abandoned his wife and children at her father's house and moved to America leaving them without any explanation. Joseph was a college student when he met Eve. He didn't have anything but his dreams of one day having money and being able to afford living the good life. When his dreams finally became a reality, Eve and Joseph started having fights. While they still loved each other very much, Eve wasn't ready to change anything about her life. They had Anna together already when they initially split up, and Robbie came much later after a steamy one-night incident.

Nils is Eve's vet for her cats. He's a nice enough guy, no sparks though. Eve felt she needed to get over Joseph, and Nils was available and interested. Sex with Nils was just that-sex, without all the emotional attachment.

Eve's twenty year old son Tom had gotten his girlfriend, Deepa, pregnant. They had decided to get married, and Tom wanted to invite his father, Dennis to the wedding. Eve understands her son's need to have his biological father there for his wedding. That doesn't mean she needs to be happy about it. The lowlife abandoned her after all, but for the sake of her son's happiness she'd tolerate Dennis's presence. Eve's separation from Joseph was painful. Their nine-year-old daughter, Anna was doing everything in her power to get them back together. She just knew they belonged together. Eve knows she's still in love with Joseph, but he's got a new girlfriend and lives in another city now, so she decides she needs a distraction. She needs somebody to make her forget about Joseph. Nils is emotionally safe. She's not in love with him, and it's just sex between friends. She can't help wondering if there was something better out there than having sex with the vet.

DID THE EARTH MOVE? is a surprisingly entrancing book. I was at first a little overwhelmed with the many very European terms but the more I read, the more involved I felt with the characters. This book is full of wonderful characters, a few that you just love to hate, and some that you just can't help but be amused with. I loved Eve's vibrancy for everything around her. She's just one of those women that lives life to the fullest and refuses to let anything keep her down for long. When her father became ill, she realized that life is short and sometimes you just have to take that one chance at love. Now if she can just get through her son's wedding without bludgeoning the ex-husband, she'll have it made.

Chrissy Dionne (courtesy of Romance Junkies)