Alison, who has two failed marriages which have left her with a broken heart, meets Noah Glazer - a whisky-drinking American doctor who gives her life a serenity she never thought possible. Until Noah is away at a conference, and Alison is drawn towards exploring certain avenues of her past.
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'I adore her books' Carol Shields 'An achingly funny novel ... wickedly observed' Libby Purves 'There is no mistaking Trapido's narrative talent, racy, vibrant and witty' Guardian 'Reading it is rather like being bombarded with sequins' Anthony Thwaite, Observer
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Barbara Trapido was born in South Africa and is the author of five novels. She lives in Oxford.
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Sharp and sweet,
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A sharp and sweet, romantically (and comically) explicit story of single motherhood and re-marriage as only British author Trapido can devise. I first read this witty tale in the mid-80s, when I was a struggling separated mom in a "picturesque" cottage with jasmine vines that bloomed through the cracks in the wall - I strongly identified with Ali, her bohemian lifestyle and her second-hand spinster ways. Now twenty years later, this is still on my "re-reading" list (despite a few outdated touches) - I have found my "Noah", we live (mostly) contentedly surrounded by our mixed-in family - and the accuracy of her depiction of married life the second and third time around and co-parenting is still keen, moving - and hilarious. Trapido is an almost forgotten treasure in the States - I place her with Margaret Drabble, Joanna Trollope and Laurie Colwin as delicious and sharp-tongued observers of women and marriage - years before chick lit arrived.
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I read The Travelling Horn Player before Noah's Ark. I liked the first one enormously, but felt a little disappointed with the second one. I would still like to read all of Barbara Trepido's books however.
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