Alice Alone - 9781805497516

Boldwood Books Ltd

Alice AloneA brilliant book club read from Amanda Brookfield\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Boldwood Books Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Boldwood Books Ltd\nISBN-13: 9781805497516, 978-1805497516\nSynopsis\n'No one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as Brookfield' The Mirror On the day that her youngest child leaves home, Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a matter of hours.\n\nThe Empty Nest cliche is true.\n\nAnd she does not love her husband Peter at all. \n\nNow in her fifties, Alice is appalled to realise that she is no longer considered her own person, but is instead defined by her relationships mother to her adult children, wife to her husband. Horrified by the thought of spending another thirty years with Peter in their North London suburb, Alice decides to take matters into her own hands.\n\nWhat follows is a triumphant and liberating breaking of all the rules. But when Alice must cope with loss for the second time in as many years, sw