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The First Wife: A moving psychological thriller with a twist Paperback – 10 January 2012

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His first wife was everything you're not. But was she everything she seemed?

Lily, a young woman left alone in the world on the death of her grandparents, finds purpose when she befriends Harry Summers, a grieving widower, whose wife Sarah recently took her own life in Barcelona. The pair fall in love and Lily finally finds the security she has never had. But Lily's life takes a darker turn when she realises there may be more to Sarah's death than meets the eye. Anxious to find the truth before she marries her beloved Harry, Lily sets off to Barcelona in search of answers. What she discovers is more shocking than she could ever have imagined...

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Publisher : Headline Review; 1st edition (10 January 2012)
Language : English
Paperback : 416 pages
ISBN-10 : 0755351371
ISBN-13 : 978-0755351374
Dimensions : 13 x 3 x 19.8 cm

Best Sellers Rank: 758,304 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- 37,476 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction
- 39,113 in Contemporary Women's Fiction
- 285,660 in Religion & Spirituality (Books)

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Emily Barr is the well-loved and bestselling author of BACKPACK, the original backpacking novel, and many other highly acclaimed novels. A former journalist, she has travelled around the world and written columns and travel pieces for the Observer and the Guardian. After living in France, Emily and her husband, whom she met backpacking, have settled in Cornwall with their three children. Visit her website: www.emilybarr.com.

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Emily Barr is the well-loved and bestselling author of Backpack, the original backpacking novel, and many other highly acclaimed novels. A former journalist, she has travelled around the world and written columns and travel pieces for the Observer and the Guardian. After living in France, Emily and her husband (whom she met backpacking) have settled in Cornwall with their three children. You can learn more about Emily and her novels by visiting her website www.emilybarr.com.

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Struggled to finish

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 October 2013

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This book started well, with enough intrigue suggested to keep me reading. The middle section dragged somewhat. Descriptions of two people who are blissfully happy together are unfortunately not riveting, or not to me anyway! It is a reasonably good read for the beach, or some other time and location when a not too demanding, instantly forgettable novel is called for. I have enjoyed other Emily Barr novels much more, partly because they have given a good sense of their locations. I did not get much of a 'feel' of being in Cornwall or of Barcelona. Somehow the tone of the writing was childish, but perhaps that was deliberate on the author's part, seeing as the protagonist was young and unworldly. The subplot concerning Jack held my interest more than the main plot, but then he became almost a cipher during the denouement.

Deborah

Chick Lit with an end twist

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 29 March 2014

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I don't read Chick Lit-I ordered this as it did not appear to be of that genre. The first 85% is pure chick lit , widow falls in love with impressionable beautiful girl, etc etc. It's all so irritatingly cloying and the female 'lead' Lily, very very irritating-like a cross between a naive doormat and a wimpy child, with a lot of hair. By the time the author moves on to the crux of the book, its rather too late, as it all just pretty well comes out of the blue-there's no tension, no build up. Disappointing.

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The First Wife - Emily BArr

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 2 December 2014

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If you've never read an Emily Barr novel perhaps you ought to begin with this. She writes wittily, intelligently and with pace. There are some true nuggets among her paragraphs - when you stumble upon them you will know.
This psychological thriller is a real page turner and keeps you guessing .
It arrived exactly as described and came promptly through the post

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Kate Harmond

Gripping read

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 13 May 2020

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This book really surprised me in a good way. It started off very gently and slowly turned into a chilling thriller. Excellent locations too.

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OK but I didn't find it as fast paced as others

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 12 October 2013

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I have enjoyed this book and it did make me want to keep reading chapter after chapter to find out what would happen but I think it was because I was waiting for a big twist which never came. I don't regret reading it, it was enjoyable but it didn't make me want to download another Emily Barr book (this was my first book by her). It is nicely written and easy to read so if you want a book you don't have to think much about then this is a good one.

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