Cocktails for Three
A Novel
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- $11.99
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- $11.99
Publisher Description
Madeleine Wickham, who writes the internationally bestselling Shopaholic series as Sophie Kinsella, has penned an irresistibly dishy and entertaining novel about three savvy young women and the secrets they share over monthly drinks.
Roxanne: glamorous, self-confident, with a secret lover--a married man
Maggie: capable and high-achieving, until she finds the one thing she can't cope with--motherhood
Candice: honest, decent, or so she believes--until a ghost from her past turns up
At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne, and Candice meet at London's swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip. Here, they chat about what's new at The Londoner, the glossy fashion magazine where they all work, and everything else that's going on in their lives. Or almost everything. Beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has a secret. And when a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, each one will find their biggest secret revealed.
In Cocktails for Three, Madeleine Wickham combines her trademark humor with remarkable insight to create an edgy, romantic tale of secrets, strangers, and a splash of scandal.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Maggie, Roxanne and Candice, the heroines of Wickham's latest Brit romp, are three successful women in their early 30s working in the editorial office of the Londoner, a magazine enjoying a circulation renaissance. They meet on the first of every month at the Manhattan Bar, a posh lounge that caters to clientele sporting Prada bags. There, Wickham serves up a healthy dose of good-natured witticisms mixed with biting retorts as the trio bonds over adultery, pregnancy jitters and guilt. Freelancer Roxanne secretly dates an unknown referred to by the women as Mr. Married while jet-setting to Cypress and other foreign locales on a regular basis. Meanwhile, Maggie's stuck at home in the country on pregnancy leave from her position as editor. It is kindhearted reporter Candice, however, who is in for serious trouble. When she recognizes a waitress at the Manhattan Bar as Heather Trelawney, whose family was ruined by Candice's father, Candice decides to make amends. When Heather applies for a job as editorial assistant at the magazine, Candice supplies her with a writing sample of her own, landing her a job over 300 other applicants. Not heeding her friends' advice to leave well enough alone, Candice continues to extend herself beyond normal bounds of generosity and is surprised to discover in the end she's been duped and betrayed by Heather. In a predictable climax, Wickham delivers a nicely sewn up ending with each of the character's problems resolved, although none all that happily. Readers desiring a chatty, neatly told tale will be delighted by the author's deft handling of character development and drama.
Customer Reviews
Loved it
I have read The Wedding Girl and this one. Love this author whether she is writing as Madeleine Wickham or Sophie Kinsella! Very easy to read. I did not like it as much as The Wedding Girl but it was a great read. Like the other post it is a great holiday book.
Bad
Couldn't even finish it. Terrible. Don't waste your money.
So far...
I am not halfway through yet but I can tell this book is going to be great... However~ if you are the least bit concerned about grammatical errors (or OCD as my husband would say) then this is going to drive you crazy! (again maybe it's just me). But I HATE the way they make pleasure & measure two words ~ plea sure/mea sure. So many words are hyphenated or just spit in two and I don't get it??? I guess that's a small complaint and I'm being anal, but the good thing is that, so far, that's my ONLY complaint. I love all of this author's books whether she's writing as Madeleine Wickham or Sophie Kinsella, I think she's great. Her books are (usually) easy to read and leave u with an overall good feeling. If u like this book, you will like any of the books by this author. She had a way of making her stories seem as though they could easily happen to YOU! I love how relatable her characters are.