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| Sleeping Arrangements | 
 enlarge | Author: Madeleine Wickham
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Category: Book
List Price: $24.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (6 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5218
Languages: English (Unknown), English (Original Language), English (Published)
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.3 x 6.1 x 1.2
ISBN: 0312383428
Dewey Decimal Number: 823.914
EAN: 9780312383428
ASIN: 0312383428
Publication Date: July 8, 2008
Release Date: July 8, 2008
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Product Description
Chloe needs a holiday. She's sick of making wedding dresses, her partner Philip has troubles at work, and the whole family wants a break. Her wealthy friend Gerard has offered the loan of his luxury villa in Spain--perfect.
Hugh is not a happy man. His immaculate wife Amanda seems more interested in her new kitchen than in him, and he works so hard to pay for it, he barely has time for his children. Maybe he'll have a chance to bond with them on holiday. His old friend Gerard has lent them a luxury villa in Spain--perfect.
Both families arrive at the villa and realize the awful truth--Gerard has double-booked. What no one else realizes is that Chloe and Hugh have a history; and as tensions rise within the two families, old passions resurface. It seems that Gerard's 'accidental' double booking may not be an accident after all...
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What happens after "happily ever after?" August 13, 2008
Madeleine Wickham (aka Sophie Kinsella, author of the popular Shopaholic series) explores this question in Sleeping Arrangements. Two married couples are at a crossroads. Hugh has spent so much of his life climbing the corporate ladder he has had no time for his family. His wife Amanda has turned her considerable energy to renovating and redecorating every square inch of their home. Hugh's former girlfriend Chloe is an overworked dressmaker whose partner (never to be husband) Phil is facing to possibility of being laid off from his unsatisfying bank job. The two couples both accept an invitation to vacation in Spain, unaware that their mutual friend has deliberately double booked the families. Chaos ensues as four unhappy adults interact and, in one case, rekindle a romance. Can these relationships weather this storm? Finding out is great fun as Wickham uses her trademark wit to look at the stresses and strains which result after the first bloom of romance has faded. This is not as riotously funny as some of her other books but a cheerful and thoughtful book.
 Quick, breezy read August 12, 2008
Sleeping Arrangements is the "newest" installment from Madeline Wickham (aka Sophie Kinsella of the Shopaholic series). First published in the UK in 2001, Sleeping Arrangements is newly released in the United States. It was easy to get caught up in the holiday arrangements gone awry storyline. Chloe who once loved Hugh, but is now raising two boys with Phillip, is off to a family holiday in a borrowed villa in Spain. Hugh, who is now married to Amanda and the father of two girls, is also on his way to Spain for a much needed family holiday at the villa generously loaned by his old school friend Gerard.
With a sharp eye for human foibles and current storylines, Wickham brings the once lovers together and lets the fun begin. Can Hugh convince Chloe he made a mistake when he left without an explanation all those years ago? With the merger of the bank Philip works at with a huge computer firm, is Phillip in danger of losing his job? Will Amanda ever get the wallpaper hangers to stay on the phone? Will Chloe finally be able to understand Hugh's abandonment? This is a quick read and doesn't require much investment. There is one side story line involving the nanny and a teenager that I found distasteful. The story moves quickly and the dialog is sharp. That having been said, this was a fun summer read.
 Very funny July 29, 2008
I was surprised a bit by this book, in that I was expecting a very Shopaholic type of story since this is the same author for those books as well (though she writes under a different name, Sophie Kinsella). Instead, I got a story that was a lot more family and relationship oriented, which is not a bad thing at all. Just different. Despite this surprise, I really enjoyed what I read, and the story is a very funny romp about a summer vacation gone awry. It is a great summer beach book and will make you chuckle quite a bit. Just don't expect to get a Shopaholic like story from it! I would recommend it.
 Boring July 29, 2008
It's hard to believe that Sophie Kinsella wrote this. She's come a long way in her writing since then. It was almost like a child wrote this book. Her books since and including the Shopaholic series are clever, witty and the characters are always endearing. These characters were very one-dimensional. It had a nice premise but just didn't follow through for me.
Sophie Kinsella 2.0! July 21, 2008
Winsome is the best word to describe this book...it is a breezy, delightful story about domestic troubles and the allure of past romance. If you liked any of the Sophie Kinsella books, you will want to read this one. It's the same author!!!
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