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The English Wife (Next)
The English Wife - Next
Author: Doreen Roberts
The death of Marjorie Maitland's husband reveals secrets -- among them a cottage in England he owned and allowed a woman to live in rent-free. Despite being left with less money than she expected, Marjorie decides to visit England, sell the property and, most of all, find out what this woman meant to her husband. What she finds opens her life to...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780373880973
ISBN-10: 0373880979
Publication Date: 6/1/2006
Pages: 304
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 49 ratings
Publisher: Harlequin
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 0
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stacy270 avatar reviewed The English Wife (Next) on + 30 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This was the first book I ever read in the "next" series and I must say that it was a nice change from the mainstream chic lit that I usually read.I thought the story was very good.Once the main character got to England I really started enjoying this book.
harmony85 avatar reviewed The English Wife (Next) on + 982 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
He left her a cottage in England...and a photograph with the words "I'm sorry" written on it...

Marjorie Maitland's life was totally predictable-just the way she liked it. But when her husband died, he left her a deed to a cottage in England. The old Margie would have left this alone. But the new Margie had to make this trip to England to discover if her whole life had been a lie...

This book is part of a line of "What's Next?" novels, about women who are looking for what's next in their lives, about rediscovery and reconnection.

There's the life you planned. And then there's what comes next.
officerripley avatar reviewed The English Wife (Next) on + 258 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
He left her a cottage in England...and a photograph with the words "I'm sorry" written on it...

Marjorie Maitland was used to a certain routine--she'd built her life around the safety of predictability. Then the unexpected happened--her husband died. But grief was not the only emotion that overwhelmed her. The mystery her husband left behind puzzled her--a deed to a cottage in England. Where had that come from? And who was the woman in the photograph? Margie knew trouble when it knocked on her door.

The old Margie, safe in her suburban home, would have avoided this potentially humiliating situation. But things were changing. The new Margie had to unravel this tangled web and get to the truth. And that meant a trip to England to find out if her entire life had been a lie...or to discover the best parts of the rest of her life.
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Helpful Score: 1
A good story about a newly widowed woman who finds out her husband had a family in England she knew nothing about. Nicely written, easy read.
Cantnever avatar reviewed The English Wife (Next) on + 161 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
An amazing story. I loved it. Moves right along. I enjoyed the NEXT step, the characters, and premise of this story. Satisfying ending. Recommend. P.S. I love the cover too!
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LeahG avatar reviewed The English Wife (Next) on + 320 more book reviews
I read another book with the same title but this is a different book with a different author. It was interesting, but more about a woman's feelings that I found frustrating, but other people might understand and sympathize with, about a woman living in Seattle whose husband dies and leaves her the title to a cottage in England, which he rented free of charge to another woman, none of which his wife knew about. The outcome of all this was surprising in a good way.
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I wasn't a fan of this book's overwrought emotions and trite writing.
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Really lovely book - I really enjoyed it.


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