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Enchanting Alice
(Farming, babies, sex, eccentricity; all the quirkiness and wit Anne Dunlop's fans expect and then some! Jane was seventeen when Michael whisked her away to the wetlands of rural Ireland to share a farmhouse and their marriage with his mother who sleepwalks, his father who snores and an unmarried sister who hates her. It was never going to work. Jane pulls on her wellies and keeps walking till she reaches street lighting, pavements and independence. She moves into Stove Pipe Town. Michael stays and continues to farm his cows will always come first. Their children are born and Jane stops missing him. Then she goes to a rock concert. Dressed to kill in her black halter-neck frock, Jane catches the eye of the lead singer who smoulders from every poster on every lamppost in Ireland. He invites her up on the stage to dance . . . Jane's little dull world is about to turn upside down!(
354 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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September 13, 2011
Ah this was okay...It was a sweet read I suppose, definitely one for the summer holidays or if you're feeling like something that doesn't test your brain! It's set back in 1970's Ireland but to me it seems that the traditions being upheld and ways of the characters are a lot more backward than only the seventies. Seems to me you could definitely go back another decade or two.
The characters are genuinely sweet though and even the people you're supposed to despise you end up liking. Michael and Jane are a lovely couple who go through a lot of ups and downs together and even though the author seems to try to get you to dislike Michael, I for one, couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy and understanding towards him. Sweet book but won't be rushing out to invest in any more of Dunlop's books.
The characters are genuinely sweet though and even the people you're supposed to despise you end up liking. Michael and Jane are a lovely couple who go through a lot of ups and downs together and even though the author seems to try to get you to dislike Michael, I for one, couldn't help but feel a bit of sympathy and understanding towards him. Sweet book but won't be rushing out to invest in any more of Dunlop's books.
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July 28, 2011A great read. I really enjoyed it and it made me laugh. A good story and very well written.
February 2, 2013
Beautifully true!
May 8, 2013
Loved it!
July 30, 2013
This was fine. Just your average beach read, nothing scintillating. A little too much going on for such a simply written book perhaps. Few things left unresolved and not in a 'make you think' way.
July 5, 2011
It was ok, a good light hearted story.
August 6, 2011
I loved this lighthearted read - defo worth considering for a holiday read
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