the other side of the story

[book] although this book has only been an experiment at first, one of those which I just tried out if it’s a good read or not, especially if its the first time I’ve come across its author… good thing this one proved to be a good find …I’ve read countless books already, with different authors, genres and publication houses :p, but I decided to start featuring this one since it’s the most recent and the one i’m currently hooked into…
The book is titled The Other Side of the Story.

It’s a story about three women with different personalities but would be involved or connected with one another, one way or the other… There is Gemma Hogan who is a successful event planner but her life and career got quite muddled because her senior citizen dad left his mom [to whom he was married for 35 years] for his 30+ y/o secretary whose hair is highlighted [and who is also a single mom to two children]... Then there is Jojo Harveys who is a book agent at Lipman Haigh with successful deals under her name, which makes her hopeful and waiting for an offer of being a partner with or without the help of his lover [a senior partner in the company…uhm, did I mention that he’s already married with children? No? oops, I forgot ;p]…and lastly, Lily Wright, married [to the man who is an ex-boyfriend of gemma whom she can’t quite let go of, feeling quite a scorned woman actually since she considered Lily her bestfriend, uugh!]; a worrier and has trouble writing her second novel after the success of her first one…their lives would be intertwined in this hilarious and captivating novel…a very good read really!
Please check it out…

About the author [as written in the jacket of the book]: Marian Keyes began writing in 1993 and is the author of 6 previous novels, Watermelon, Lucy Sullivan is getting married, Rachel’s Holiday, Last Chance Saloon, Angels, and Sushi for Beginners. She is also the author of a book of non-fiction titled Under the Duvet. She lives in Ireland with her husband and their two imaginary dogs.

…I can say that this is the first time I read a book which it takes me quite a time to finish…before, may it be 300+ or 500+ pages I could read it in one week at the most, no matter how busy I am…but with this one, I still have around ¼ of the 606 pages of the book to read before I could put it back on the shelf…not that it’s not interesting, I wouldn’t bother featuring it if not’s good, but it’s more of really savoring every sentences and paragraphs written because you might miss something out of the lives of the three women and their situations if you just read it just to finish it…