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Off Balance
Off Balance
Author: Mary Sheepshanks
To all appearances, Isobel and Giles Grant have it all: happily married, with two adored children, and a glorious house in Scotland, they are about to fulfil a lifetime's dream by launching the Glendrochatt Arts Centre. The perfect life, it would seem. But beneath the surface, there are cracks which threaten to destabilize everything they've ...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780312980429
ISBN-10: 0312980426
Publication Date: 8/19/2002
Pages: 340
Rating:
  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 12 ratings
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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CozyLover avatar reviewed Off Balance on + 335 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This book kept me turning the pages right through to the end. One character, Lorna, was so easy to hate it was unbelievable! She was such a conniving, underhanded bitch! Isobel, her sister, was as easy to like as Lorna was to hate. The contrast between the two provided some tension to the story that kept building through to the end. The way it ended I could easily see a sequel being written to it. i hope there will be as I am left wondering what havoc will come from the events depicted in the final chapter.
bookstacks avatar reviewed Off Balance on + 34 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Mary Sheepshanks is tops at combining British chick lit with the family saga. This book rocked beyond my expectations. The sequel, written under her pen name Mary Nickson, is Secrets and Shadows. This story so intriguing that I searched out a rare copy of the sequel through Amazon's used book service. My neighbor, who is of an older generation, also loved this book and wanted to read the sequel.
The story moves from a family in the English countryside who are working on a theater project in an old building on their property to their desperate plight to remain a family as affairs develop. It's got arts, family, romance, deception, quirky characters and just plain heart.
Put this one on your wish list and hope that the next person to get it doesn't put it on their keeper list.
Katie22 avatar reviewed Off Balance on + 2 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Mary Sheepshanks has written the follow-up to this book under her maiden name, Mary Nickson. "Secrets and Shadows" follows Izzy and Giles 6 years after the events in "Off Balance", and it's wonderful to finally find out what happened to those characters.
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A sunday afternoon book...really quck and really good.
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Hilarious!!! A quick, feel good read.
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Fun book


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