The Ex Files - Softcover

Moore, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0752841092 ISBN 13: 9780752841090

Publisher: No Imprint, 2003

Synopsis

Fay Parker is beautiful, successful - and worried she'll never find her perfect match. So when she meets a caring, good-looking man who adores her, she casts aside any niggling doubts and accepts his proposal. In a bid to be modern and grown-up, the bride and groom invite a potentially explosive mix of ex-boyfriends and girlfriends, and Fay is determined to enjoy her special day. But there's one person present who has other ideas . . .

Jane Moore¿s antennae are perfectly tuned to what men and women really think of each other in the noughties. THE EX FILES is a bracing, witty look at contemporary relationships that will make you laugh and, possibly, make you think as well.

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The wedding day scenario in Jane Moore's second novel, The Ex-Files is brilliant. "Take a bride and groom, several relatives, four 'exes', mix with alcohol, and stand well back. Boom." Add in wickedly funny asides from a gay best friend and "explosive" doesn't even begin to cover it. So it's hardly a surprise that high-flying, high-maintenance model Fay Parker's dream of her big day doesn't quite go according to plan.

From the very first page it's clear that things in the matrimonial garden are far from rosy. Fay is indulging in a little pre-wedding infidelity: "She fumbled with his shirt buttons," and 10 seconds later regretted it: "what exactly was she doing?" So the gorgeous stranger with the intriguing X-factor is sent packing. But be assured we haven't seen the last of him, he turns up at the wedding weekend in a very compromising position.

Fay's intended is the lovely Mark, and his "exes" are Jenna, a sweetheart from school, and "feisty, opinionated" Kate. Mark and Kate lived happily together until the stress of Mark's job (as a chef) got in the way. He moved out "wondering if he'd done the right thing". But then he met beautiful, perfect Fay and fell head-over-heels in love. Or, at least he thinks he has. Needless to say Fay and Mark have unresolved issues, especially when the identity of Fay's handsome X-factor stranger is revealed. Cue tears, tantrums and some much-needed emotional honesty, before all is resolved. But who marries whom? Now that would be telling. --Eithne Farry

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The following coverage has been confirmed for JANE MOORE - MAGAZINES: WEDDING DAY feature in August/September issueSHE column by Jane in September issueGOOD HOUSEKEEPING review in August issueEVE books slot September issueCOSMOPOLITAN review in September issueHEAT magazine chart position 19 August NATIONALPRESS:THE SCOTSMAN interview with Jan 25 July BROADCAST / ONLINE:BREAKFAST WITH FROST interview on 27 AugustBBC RADIO 2 STEVE WRIGHT SHOW - interview on 2 JulyRELAX WITH A BOOK .COM interview on 11 JulyJane is being interviewed onthe following local radio stations:BBC RADIO NEWCASTLE 28/7BBC RADIO JERSEY 28/7BBC RADIO BERKSHIRE 28/7BBC RADIO HUMBERSIDE 30/7BBC RADIO LANCASHIRE 30/7BBC RADIO BRISTOL 30/7BBC RADIO NORTHAMPTON 30/7 HANDBAG.COM reviewFEMAIL.CO.UK reviewOTTATAKRS.CO.UK 'Last Word' interviewWHSONLINE Q&A

About this edition

• Publisher: No Imprint
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0752841092
• ISBN 13: 9780752841090
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 336