Closure

by Sarah Harris

A sparklingly original, funny and very contemporary novel about a woman confronting the disappointments of her past. Life less than perfect? Want to do something about it? It's easy...Nothing's working for Anna. She's always obsessing over the wrong men; her social life embarrasses her; she lives in a condemned flat and her career is in a cul-de-sac. She knows she deserves a Notting Hill, loft-apartment existence, with a cupboard for everything and a couch filled with beautiful friends. So where did it all go wrong? Even Anna's new job in radio, working on Pammy's Problem Call, is a problem. But it does give her the opportunity to meet Sean -- Harrison Ford-handsome self-help guru to the stars. He untangles people's lives, shows how they can go back, put past mistakes right and move on. People like Anna. All she has to do is achieve Closure and everything will be exactly how she wants it...won't it?

432 pages, Paperback

First published August 7, 2000

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Reviews

[Nicki · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first read this about 15 years ago and it made an impression, so I hung onto it. Finally had a re-read.
Well, I didn’t love it as much as I did years ago, and I’m much less into chick lit these days, but there are things I like about this. I think “Conflict” may have actually been a better title as Anna has conflicts with everyone.
The difficult relationship with her mum stuck a chord. Quite ambitious to have a many, many paged argument with a mother in this genre and have your novel’s heroine go to a level of cruelty that most just wouldn’t for fear the readers would hate her. Anna sure isn’t written to be a sweetie, but I appreciated it. Anna is real. She’s messy. Her life is messy. She doesn’t truly know what she wants or why.
The novel is choppy and doesn’t always flow well, but it has something that sets it apart from the other chick lit of this era.
Always hoped to check out more by this author, but seems not to have written much, and not for a long time. Maybe I’ll eBay one of her others.

[Linnea · Rating 2 out of 5]

What an infuriating book. Multiple times I wanted to slap the main character (and some side ones too), I pretty much guessed the whole plot and on the whole I really didn't enjoy this. Still I found myself reading this until 1.30 am so yeah, it filled its purpose as head-cleansing book perfectly.

[Janice · Rating 2 out of 5]

say goodbye to the past and welcome the future openly. We should be brave to face the future & our past.