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Article: Paperbacks.(Book Review)
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- The Mail on Sunday (London, England)
- Article date:
- March 20, 2005
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Byline: SIMON SHAW
The Promise Of Happiness, by Justin Cartwright
Bloomsbury [pounds sterling]7.99 ([pounds sterling]6.99 - 0870 165 0870)
Cartwright's novel paints an unforgettable picture of the tensions lurking beneath the surface of respectable, middleclass English life. Juliet Judd is clever, beautiful - and a criminal who has just finished a two-year sentence in an American jail. Her incarceration has shattered her family, particularly her adoring father. Will Juliet's release begin the healing process or will it unleash further trauma?
This is a stunning book.
Cartwright's achievement is to have captured the essence of ...