![]() ![]() Biological clocks figure significantly too for these 30-somethings: Alison is having problems conceiving Nick doesn’t want a baby although Susan does Julia has no urge to procreate at all, but James is desperate for a child. Over regular lunches, the four women let off steam, plot to overcome their problems and prop each other up. ![]() ![]() Blameless Susan, who stepped into the motherhood and then lover breach when her best friend Caitlin dropped dead, must now compete with a perfect ghost for widower Nick’s affections, as well as endure the antagonism of Caitlin’s mother. Fiona, second wife of David, is the hate-object of her sulky adolescent stepson Jake. Luca’s first wife uses the children as a weapon against Alison. Now they must live with the consequences and the baggage. What if blonde Julia forced her husband James to leave his first wife Deborah to be with her, or petite beauty Alison set her heart on married father of two Luca when they got stuck in a lift together? Adultery and scheming are not to be held against the four Sex and the City-like heroines who have been cursed with getting what they wanted. Moore ( Love at First Site, 2005, etc.) seeks sympathy for her second wives in this lightweight look at modern marriage. Twice-around-the-block partners can mean double trouble according to a popular British novelist. ![]()
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