dryad
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Yuletide Break for High Achievers – sixteen women take advantage of this special offer and spend ten days at the Castle Spa. These include a Trophy Wife, Journalist, Brain Surgeon, Stepmother, Weather Girl, Psychoanalyst and Vicar’s Ex-wife. Between beauty treatments and meal times they relax around the Jacuzzi and bare their souls. We hear confessions of vanity, greed and betrayal; their tales are intimate, shocking and witty. The narrator, Phoebe, is both likeable and wise; as she says, ‘if anything is stranger than fiction it’s the truth’. Fay Weldon is well known for her understanding of the female sex; in this brilliant, satirical novel she turns the spotlight on the role of women in today’s world.
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nannyconnie
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just bought this book and looking frward to giving it a go
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dryad
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Hi nannyconnie!
I do hope that you are enjoying The Spa Decameron. As I said in my review 'the tales are intimate, shocking and witty'. You have been warned!
Thanks for the comments on Rosamond Lehmann. It is good to know that I am not the only one who enjoys her books! I am looking out for The Swan in the Evening which you recommended.
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Spanishlady
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Reged: 21/01/2008
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Loc: Torrevieja Spain
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sounds like this forum!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Maybe Faye is on here
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dryad
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Spanishlady, I was fairly new when I first read your comment. The more I read the posts on the forum, the more I understand what you mean!
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