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Man and Wife

By: Tony Parsons
Narrated by: Colin Buchanan
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Summary

Harry Silver returns to face life in the “blended family.” A wonderful new novel about modern times, which can be read as a sequel to the million selling Man and Boy, or completely on its own

Man and Wife is a novel about love and marriage – about why we fall in love and why we marry; about why we stay and why we go.

Harry Silver is a man coming to terms with a divorce and a new marriage. He has to juggle with time and relationships, with his wife and his ex-wife, his son and his stepdaughter, his own work and his wife's fast-growing career.

Meanwhile his mother, who stood so steadfastly by his father until he died, is not getting any younger or stronger herself.

In fact, everything in Harry's life seems complicated. And when he meets a woman in a million, it gets even more so…

Man and Wife stands on its own as a brilliant novel about families in the new century, written with all the humour, passion and superb storytelling that have made Tony Parsons a favourite author in over thirty countries.
©2002 Tony Parsons (P)2002 HarperCollins UK
Family Life Genre Fiction Urban Romantic Comedy Literature & Fiction
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Missing something

I know it's abridged and said so on the cover. I wouldn't have usually bought an abridged version but there didn't seem to be any option.

it was 3 and a half hours instead of more than 8 of the first and third book. I feel like massive chunks were missing from the original text. why?
why have they altered a perfectly good book?

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Loved it.

Loved the book. Tony Parsons is a great story teller, it is funny & emotional and will resonate with most people. looking fwd to the next one.

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