Ralph's Party - Softcover

Jewell, Lisa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 014027927X ISBN 13: 9780140279276

Publisher: Penguin, 1999

Synopsis

RALPH'S PARTY

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Review:

Lisa Jewell lives in North London. While on holiday a friend made her a drunken bet: dinner at her favourite restaurant if she wrote three chapters of a novel. Just over a year later Ralph's Party was finished. In a similar style to Marian Keyes' Rachel’s Holiday, Ralph’s Party introduces the residents of 31 Almanac Road, a three-storey Edwardian house in South London. The house, divided into flats and its inhabitants are the focus of this contemporary, romantic novel. Ralph and Smith, who live in the basement flat are beginning to doubt that they will ever find a suitable flatmate until Jemima comes along. In fact, Jem finds herself more than suitable when both Ralph and Smith fall for her. Karl and Siobhan live in the flat above and they have been together in total happiness for fifteen years. That was until Cheri, the cold, calculating but very sexy lady in the top flat sets her sights on Karl.

Lisa Jewell’s fast paced, well-observed and thoroughly engrossing first novel has been well worth that bet for dinner. --Pat Naylor

Review:

Deliciously enjoyable . . . addictively readable (The Times)

A joy . . . a fun summer read (Guardian)

A book about relationships which appeals to men and women . . . pulls off a rare trick which even Helen Fielding and Nick Hornby couldn't manage (Daily Mirror)

A breath of fresh air (Tom Paulin Late Review)

Addictive (Metro)

Praise for Lisa Jewell (-)

Terrific (Sunday Times)

The best romantic comedy we've read in ages (Company)

Tackles serious issues with humour - proving that chick-lit can be intelligent, interesting and huge fun (Sunday Express)

A triumph (Hello)

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 014027927X
• ISBN 13: 9780140279276
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368