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October 23, 2007 1:01 PM

TUESDAY THREE: Two women

A standard chick lit plot is that of a woman having to choose between two men, but there are a good number of books now featuring a man choosing - or not - between two women.

In Donna Hay's The Two Mrs Robinsons, Oliver Robinson dies, leaving behind two women who love him: the ex-wife he hasn’t divorced and the girlfriend he hasn’t married. The uneasy truce that exists between the two women is stretched to the limit when Eve, the ex-wife, decides to run his restaurant while Anna, the girlfriend, thinks they should sell it. Desperate to turn things around the two women find they have to compromise and soon start to grow closer as they look out for each other.

While bigamy isn’t the usual subject of a warm, feel good chick lit novel,  Sheila O’Flanagan has produced an engaging read with Yours, Faithfully exploring the bizarre relationship between two women married to the same man. Sally has been married to Frank since they were very young and they have a teenage daughter, Jenna. Iona met and married Frank after a whirlwind romance four years ago. They are now trying for a baby. Neither wife knows about the other until Frank is involved in an accident. When they learn of each other’s existence and meet in the hospital sparks fly, but then after a period of hatred towards what each calls ‘the other woman’ we see how their relationship develops and grows.

Emily Giffin’s Something Borrowed is told from the point of view of Rachel, who is about to turn thirty and having a bit of an early mid-life crisis. Her best friend since school Darcy seems to have everything: a wonderful man, a glamorous job in PR and a wedding to plan. Rachel on the other hand, feels lost and overlooked. Especially whenever she's with Darcy. Life perks up a little when she finally realises she has great chemistry with a man she's known for years... shame he also happens to be Darcy's fiance, Dex...

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Posted by Keris on October 23, 2007 in Tuesday Three | Permalink

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