LIVES LIKE MINE BY EVA VERDE
Published by Simon and Schuster UK 3rd February 2022
ISBN 9781388502857
Monica is living the family life she always longed for: playing grateful housewife to a good man, creating a happy home life for their children, and always trying to please others.
But between ignoring her in-laws barely concealed racist remarks and pushing asides thoughts of her own estranged parents she is close to breaking point.
With the children now in school, Monica finds herself wondering if this is all there is. Couldn’t she be something more? Shouldn’t she be more than this?
A chance encounter at the school gate might be just the shock that will redefine her future and transform her every day into something better.
MY REVIEW
Lives Like Mine shocked me when married Monica has an affair!
About author Eva Verde
Eva Verde is a writer from East London. Identity, class and female rage are recurring themes throughout her work and her novels Lives Like Mine and In Bloom are published by Simon and Schuster.
Eva’s love song to libraries, I Am Not Your Tituba forms part of Kit De Waal’s Common People: An Anthology of Working-Class Writers. Her words have featured in Marie Claire, Grazia, Elle, The Big Issue and Women’s Health, also penning the new foreword for the international bestselling author Jackie Collins Goddess of Vengeance.
Eva lives in Essex with her husband, children and dog.
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