Edwina Currie

As the dust settles after a general election, four Members of Parliament head for Westminister. Elaine Stalker MP, married with a teenage daughter, has worked hard for her success. But the unequivocally masculine atmosphere of the House of Commons is a hostile environment for an attractive, ambitious woman and Elaine is disappointed when her obvious talents are ignored. Andrew Muncastle, on the other hand, slides easily into the approved style and begins his rise up the ladder, hardly noticing the pressure on his unhappy wife Tessa and their young son. Relishing his powerful role as wheeler-deeler, whip Roger Dickson provides a sympathetic ear for Elaine's frustrations. At first their relationship is strictly professional; but a passion for politics proves an aphrodisiac and late-night sittings offer ample opportunities for discussions of a more private nature. Sir Nigel Boswood, much-loved and admired, simply wants to end his career with distinction. But his respectable image masks a tragic weakness and a sordid sexual scandal puts his reputation at risk. Thrown together in the hot-house of Westminister, all four learn that ambition can exact too high a price.

A Parliamentary Affair

Hetty Clarkson is a typical modern woman: attractive, romantic and single. Her situation is the same as that of thousands of twenty- and thirty-somethings arriving in London each year, with one small exception. She is old enough to be their mother. It wasn't meant to be like this, but blame that on her philandering husband. When she caught him cheating with a younger woman, Hetty's traditional views of marriage hit the buffers. One divorce later, and Hetty is discovering that the etiquette books for the mid-life single woman haven't been written yet... In turn sexy and poignant, Chasing Men lifts the lid on how Hetty copes and finds contentment. In an age when mid-life singles are the fastest growing group in society, Edwina Currie has delivered a terrific and timely novel.

Chasing Men

Helen Majinsky is sixteen, Jewish and confused. She is also in love - like every Merseyside schoolgirl - with four mop-topped young men, seduced by the Cavern Club and the exciting sound of 1963. In the year The Beatles have the world at their feet, Helen dreams secretly of reaching university and leaving Liverpool. Her Liverpool. Her world. For a grammar school girl to even consider a future outside the city is to break taboos stronger than the Mersey undertow, and as the prospect of a place at Oxbridge shimmers into view, Helen knows she is restrained by the very forces of stability she longs to escape. But when love intervenes - with Michael Levison, a locally stationed US serviceman - Helen finds the means to break the chains of the old life, and her guide through the hidden dangers of the new...

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