Sleeping Arrangements (2001 original; edició 2010)

Chloe, haar man Philip en de kinderen mogen een week logeren in de vakantievilla van Chloe's rijke vriend Gerard in Spanje - perfect. Hugh, zijn echtgenote Amanda en de kinderen accepteren dankbaar eenzelfde aanbod van Hughs oude vriend Gerard - perfect.
Wanneer de afzonderlijke families na een vermoeiende reis op hun bestemming arriveren wacht hen een schok. Er is dubbel geboekt! Het dreigt een ongemakkelijke week te worden. En spoedig bereiken de spanningen in de hitte van de Spaanse zon het kookpunt. Tot overmaat van ramp begint het erop te lijken dat Gerard heel goed wist wat hij deed...

Once again I enjoyed Madeleine Wickham's book hugely. It was a very touching story about life itself, about love, past and about family. Of course there was the holiday factor and I think we all have had at leas one totally messed up holiday. I'm quite young still, the same age as Chloe and Hugh were when they first met so I couldn't really put myself into their shoes but still this was an amazing story.

The book itself was very quick paced so I read it really quickly. It took me about three days and I didn't read the whole time, I kept quite long breaks. It was very enjoyable reading experience and I learned a lot from it even though I'm still young and I have to wait a while to get into to that kind of situations.

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Jenna the nanny is what made this book so funny and the reason that I gave the book 4 stars. ( )

This book was hard to believe. I found it hard to believe that this situation could be realistic. I thought the characters were quite superficial, dishonest, and had no backbone or morals. It was not a favorite. ( )

Tra i primi romanzi scritti dall'autrice inglese poi meglio nota come Sophie Kinsella e la serie di "I love shopping".
Tratta temi seri con tono leggero,tra i suoi migliori scritti. ( )