40 Love (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780312562762)

From the author of the sensational bestselling Sophie Kinsella novels and the New York Times bestsellers The Wedding Girl and Sleeping Arrangements, this perceptive comedy 40 Love skewers the shallow rich, displaying a wicked backhand along the way.

Everyone wins this game of literary tennis, a comedy of manners about envy in which Madeleine Wickham skewers the nouveau riche. At their country estate, Patrick Chance and his wife host a weekend tennis party. As four couples gather on the sunny terrace, it seems obvious who among them is succeeding, and who is falling behind. But by the end of the party, nothing will be quite as certain. While the couples' children amuse themselves with pony rides and rehearsals for a play, the adults suffer a series of personal revelations and crises.

Wickham's nonstop action reveals at every turn that matters may not be as they seem, and in the end one thing is crystal clear: the weekend is about anything but tennis.

Author: Madeleine Wickham
ISBN-10: 0312562764
ISBN-13: 9780312562762
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Language: English
Published: 06/19/2012
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.24h x 5.60w x 0.89d