An Unsuitable Match

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What to expect

'Nobody writes about family tensions better than Joanna Trollope' Good Housekeeping

An Unsuitable Match, by number one bestselling author Joanna Trollope, is an a uplifting story of love, family and second chances.

‘Why on earth, after all you’ve been through, all you’ve survived, all you’ve achieved, why do you want to get married?’

Rose Woodrowe has just got engaged to Tyler Masson – a wonderful, sensitive man who is head-over-heels in love with her. The only problem? This isn’t the first time for either of them, and their five grown-up children have strong opinions on the matter . . .

Like Rose’s daughter, Laura, who remembers her parents’ painful divorce and doesn’t want to see her mother hurt again. Or the twins, Emmy and Nat, who simply don’t trust the man their mother has fallen for. Then there’s Tyler’s children: Seth, too busy with his San Francisco sourdough bakery to get to know his father’s new partner; and Mallory, the aspiring actress, who is still wrestling with the issues of her own childhood.

Who to listen to? Who to please? Rose and Tyler are determined to get it right this time, but in trying to make everyone happy, can they ever be happy themselves?

Critics Review

  • Trollope is an extremely assured writer, with a brilliant eye for detail and a finely tuned emotional intelligence … she writes absorbing, wise stories that dramatise the dilemmas we face

    Sunday Times
  • With her compassion for her characters, Trollope cuts to the quick of family life, and the difference between men and women

    Woman & Home
  • Joanna Trollope’s novels address the issues and emotional journeys that face women today

    Sunday Express
  • Trollope writes about family relationships with intelligence and clear-eyed sympathy

    The Times

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