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Foreign Affairs | 
 enlarge | Author: Patricia Scanlan
Publisher: Bantam Books
Category: Book
List Price: £6.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 70370
Media: Paperback
Edition: New edition
Pages: 912
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5 x 2
ISBN: 0553818872
EAN: 9780553818871
ASIN: 0553818872
Publication Date: April 2, 2007
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 a great holiday read July 31, 2002
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
this is a great book to read whilst on holiday as it's quite a long book and will last you quite a while. This is the second Patricia Scanlan book i've read and i find her a great author. this book goes through the lives of the four main charcters from when they are born till their a lot older.a great read and i would recommend to all types of readers as i'm 17 and enjoyed this book and my aunt read this who is in her 40's it would appeal to all.
Good Girly Read June 19, 2003
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
This was the first Scanlan book I read, and have know read a lot more. I really enjoyed this book and found myself empthasising with Paula, although the 'unexpected twist' was not so unexpected for me. She really is a great writer and this is one of the best I have read. If you like reading the Cathy Kelly type books or Marian Keyes, this is the book for you. It was not a laugh a minute book but heartfelt and really modern. Throughoughly recommend this book to anyone.
A glorious read April 30, 2008
crime reader (UK)
This is wonderful heart warming stuff. I first read it a few years ago, and the other day spotted it in my shelf and decided to read it again. Despite the length it's so enjoyable I read it in a couple of days. The charachters are wonderful: the good ones and the bad ones. It's so well written they just come to life, Mr Stapleton, Rachel's domineering father, is so awful you loathe him, you can share Paula's pain over the object of her affections, Brenda is a wonderfully funny charachter, so dissatisfied with life and so bitchy.
Definitely one of Patricia Scanlan's best novels.
Something for everyone! April 21, 2000
kweisser@dynamite.com.au (Australia)
5 out of 6 found this review helpful
'Foreign Affairs'is about the lives of 4 Irish women. Paula is a stunning blonde with men eating out of her hand. However, she's nursing a broken heart. Brenda's dream of marriage has turned into a nightmare. Rachel is under the thumb of her domineering father, though she moved out of home. Her sister-in-law, Jennifer has lost a much-wanted baby. So Paula books a holiday in Corfu with the aim of having fun and forgetting their troubles. However, it's the beginning.The story starts in the late 50s/early 60s with the girls' births right up to the early 90s when they start their holiday. We learn why Rachel has trouble breaking away from her dad; that a golden girl like Paula suffers from unrequited love (she falls for her next-door neighbour, Nick, only to discover that he and her beloved aunt Helen are lovers and they're expecting a baby). Brenda's desire to be a 'Mrs' leads to her being trapped at home with her uruly children and Jennifer sadly discovers that bad things sometimes happen to good people when she miscarries her child. The holiday starts with Brenda complaining and bickering about her life (she's always felt threatned by Jenny & Paula's close friendship) She has a fling with a local, Yianni, upsetting everyone in the process. However, she admits that she's pregnant with her 4th child, just when her life was beginning and knowing full well that Jennifer's first pregnancy ended tragically. The friends rally round her and Paula offers Brenda a part-time job. Brenda has made a new friend out of her previous arch-rival... Brenda, Rachel, Paula and Jennifer are true heroines!
Great holiday read August 4, 2000
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
This was my first Patricia Scanlan and I picked it up because a. the cover caught my eye and b. I had just returned from Ireland and couldn't resist the back cover spiel as soon as it mentioned the "four Irish gals" bit.Although a little predictable at times, I still found Foreign Affairs to be a most enjoyable, light hearted read. It's quite long (which I love) as it is really four stories rolled into one. I will definitely look for other Patricia Scanlan novels as I couldn't wait to snuggle down each night and see what happened next. If you like the 20 something, easy to read, girly sagas that are making the rounds at the moment, you will enjoy this.
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