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Swapping Lives
 

Swapping Lives

by Jane Green

The New York Times bestselling author of The Other Woman returns with a wry tale of two women who discover the grass is not always greener on the other side of the Atlantic

Vicky Townsley is single, solvent, and seriously successful. Features director of the hugely successful Poise! magazine, she has an amazing flat, good friends, a fantastic wardrobe . . . in short,... (read more)

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Liked It

Steph
  • Rated 5 stars

“LOVED IT!!!! One of my favorite Jane Green books after Jemima J.”

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Didn’t Like It

Nat McCarron
  • Rated 2 stars

“Quick and easy airport book about a single girl in London who switches lives with a "desperate housewife" in Connecticut. Made me want to move to the country and buy an apple orchard.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.436426 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 3.5 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • CSMcMahon

    csmcmahon said:

    “I'm glad I got this one from the library and didn't buy it. It was okay. But not nearly as good as her early work. There was a lot of build up before the story got started. And I was disappointed with the way Green took the character of Daniel.

    Honestly, if I were reading it I might have give up. But since I listened to the audio version, I found it a little more compelling. (The narration by Rosalyn Landor was outstanding.)

    On the whole I'd say skip it and either read someone else or re-read Jemina J.
    ”

    posted Thursday, April 17 2008
  • Dianne1220

    dianne1220 said:

    “Maybe it's just me - but I had to give up on this one and that is RARE for me. It was just so sloooooow... Rarely do I put a book down before I finish it, but I just could not get into the story or the characters AT ALL here. I turned it back into the library without a 2nd thought about what I might have missed. I'm glad y'all liked it!”

    posted Thursday, February 21 2008
  • Sabrena

    sabrena said:

    “I thought this was a fun read. It was interesting to see how such 2 totally different people swapped there lives. Just goes to show you how you shouldn't always wish for what you don't have.”

    posted Monday, December 10 2007
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