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Going Too Far/The Old Girl Network
1005 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2005
About the author
Catherine Alliott
47 books563 followersCatherine has sold over 3 million bestselling novels worldwide and is translated into eighteen languages.
The first of these novels Catherine started under the desk when she worked as an advertising copywriter. She was duly fired. With time on her hands, she persevered with the novels, which happily flourished.
In the early days she produced a baby with each book - but after three - stuck to the writing as it was less painful.
She writes with her favorite pen in note books, either in the garden or on a sofa.
Home is a rural spot on the Hertfordshire border, which she shares with her family and a menagerie of horses, cows, chickens, and dogs, which at the last count totaled eighty-seven beating hearts, including her husband. Some of her household have walk-on parts in her novels, but only the chickens would probably recognize themselves.
All her novels are published by Penguin Random House internationally, and by No Shooz Publishing in America and will be available in the US in the Fall of 2017.
The first of these novels Catherine started under the desk when she worked as an advertising copywriter. She was duly fired. With time on her hands, she persevered with the novels, which happily flourished.
In the early days she produced a baby with each book - but after three - stuck to the writing as it was less painful.
She writes with her favorite pen in note books, either in the garden or on a sofa.
Home is a rural spot on the Hertfordshire border, which she shares with her family and a menagerie of horses, cows, chickens, and dogs, which at the last count totaled eighty-seven beating hearts, including her husband. Some of her household have walk-on parts in her novels, but only the chickens would probably recognize themselves.
All her novels are published by Penguin Random House internationally, and by No Shooz Publishing in America and will be available in the US in the Fall of 2017.
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October 30, 2013
*** THE OLD-GIRL NETWORK ***
Of the 2 books this edition contains, this is the story I'm least familiar with. I have read it once before, a long time ago. I really enjoyed the random ridiculous situations Polly somehow always gets her self into. This book lulled me into a false sense of security with the laughs because it did get serious and a little dark. Then gave the text book happy ending. Nice bit of escapism.
*** GOING TOO FAR ***
Now, this one I have read a few times before. Even though it has been years since my last read, I did find it predictable. However this is not the authors fault, as I found it hilarious the first time I read it. It is the sequel to The Old-Girl Network, so expect even more daft behaviour and laugh out loud moments from Polly's attempts to liven up her life by getting unto her usual tricks (harmless little white lies that get blown out of all proportions with some very disastrous results). But fear not, as the happy ending was always going to happen!
Of the 2 books this edition contains, this is the story I'm least familiar with. I have read it once before, a long time ago. I really enjoyed the random ridiculous situations Polly somehow always gets her self into. This book lulled me into a false sense of security with the laughs because it did get serious and a little dark. Then gave the text book happy ending. Nice bit of escapism.
*** GOING TOO FAR ***
Now, this one I have read a few times before. Even though it has been years since my last read, I did find it predictable. However this is not the authors fault, as I found it hilarious the first time I read it. It is the sequel to The Old-Girl Network, so expect even more daft behaviour and laugh out loud moments from Polly's attempts to liven up her life by getting unto her usual tricks (harmless little white lies that get blown out of all proportions with some very disastrous results). But fear not, as the happy ending was always going to happen!
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