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Living the Dream
Book by Thompson, Kate
- GenresFiction
368 pages, Paperback
First published October 1, 2004
About the author
Kate Thompson
16 books28 followersLibrarian Note: There is more than one author in the GoodReads database with this name.
Kate Thompson (born 1959) is an Northern Irish actress and romantic novelist who also writes as Pixie Pirelli (the writer heroine of Sex, Lies and Fairytales). She was born in Belfast and studied English and French at Trinity College, Dublin. She spent many years as an actress in theatre and television, most notably in the Irish drama serial Glenroe. She married the actor Malcolm Douglas in 1985 and has a daughter Clara (born 1987). In 1989 she won the Best Actress Award in the Dublin Theatre Festival. Her first novel, It Means Mischief, published in 1999, became a bestseller. The Blue Hour was shortlisted for the Parker Romantic Novel of the Year.
Love Lies Bleeding is remarkable in that the first 25 chapters are available free by e-mail and the final part of the book, The Clandestine Chapters, can be purchased bound with silk and printed on home-made paper.
Kate Thompson (born 1959) is an Northern Irish actress and romantic novelist who also writes as Pixie Pirelli (the writer heroine of Sex, Lies and Fairytales). She was born in Belfast and studied English and French at Trinity College, Dublin. She spent many years as an actress in theatre and television, most notably in the Irish drama serial Glenroe. She married the actor Malcolm Douglas in 1985 and has a daughter Clara (born 1987). In 1989 she won the Best Actress Award in the Dublin Theatre Festival. Her first novel, It Means Mischief, published in 1999, became a bestseller. The Blue Hour was shortlisted for the Parker Romantic Novel of the Year.
Love Lies Bleeding is remarkable in that the first 25 chapters are available free by e-mail and the final part of the book, The Clandestine Chapters, can be purchased bound with silk and printed on home-made paper.
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July 28, 2014
Cleo Dowling has on overbearing snobbish older sister Margot who is constantly belittling Cleo, for her life, her taste (or lack of it), and her lack of ambition.
But when Cleo wins the lottery, buys herself a cottage in a pretty village in the West of Ireland in which to write a novel, Margot follows hot on her heels to insinuate herself into Cleo's life.
3 1/2 stars!
This book was a pleasant surprise.
The first chapter was a little excruciating, but I thought I would read on to page 50 (my cut off point) before giving up.....but by then I had really gotten into the story to the point where I was hearing the characters speak in their various accents.
Yes, its chick lit, but it is a pleasant story with a few great surprises, and I look forward to reading more from Kate Thompson when I want a cosy read.
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