{"product_id":"other-peoples-children","title":"Other Peoples Children","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eReaders of \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eErica James, Elizabeth Noble and Amanda Prowse will love this wonderfully thought-provoking and moving novel of family dynamics from \u003cu\u003emulti-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope\u003c\/u\u003e. It really is Trollope at her very best.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A gripping read - as shrewdly observant of psychological and domestic detail \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eas anything she has written'' -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Wonderfully and compulsively readable... She can be as subtle as Austen, as \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003esharp as Bronte. Trollope''s brilliant'' -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMail on Sunday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Trollope has shown herself capable of such emotional depth, that although you turn the pages quickly, it is with trembling fingers'' -- \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''One of the very best stories I''ve ever read'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Superb'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''A compulsive read'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''I loved every moment of this book'' -- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e''Couldn''t put it down...'' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e-- ***** Reader review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e*******************************************************************\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTWO PEOPLE IN LOVE DON''T NECESSARILY MAKE A FAMILY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor \u003cb\u003eeight-year-old Rufus\u003c\/b\u003e life has become complicated. His parents, \u003cb\u003eJosie\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eTom\u003c\/b\u003e, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother''s \u003cb\u003enew husband Matthew\u003c\/b\u003e and his father''s \u003cb\u003enew friend Elizabeth\u003c\/b\u003e. What''s even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew''s \u003cb\u003ethree teenagers\u003c\/b\u003e, who have been conditioned by their mother \u003cb\u003eNadine\u003c\/b\u003e to hate his mother Josie.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMatthew''s children come to their father for weekends and make it clear how much they loathe Josie. Rufus secretly prefers to be with his father, in his \u003cb\u003epeaceful flat in Bath\u003c\/b\u003e, where he realises that he doesn''t actually hate the idea of a stepmother, if she is peaceful and sane like Elizabeth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBut where other people''s children are concerned, neat solutions seldom occur ...\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MediaPlace","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57318981599614,"sku":"NW9780552997881","price":11.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1379\/1261\/files\/9780552997881.jpg?v=1778657678","url":"https:\/\/mediaplace.com\/products\/other-peoples-children","provider":"MediaPlace","version":"1.0","type":"link"}