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,
everything—except the life she wants: marriage, children,
and a house in the country.
On the other side of the
Atlantic, Amber Winslow has a stone mansion in Connecticut,
two kids (and a full-time nanny), the requisite golden
retriever, and a busy charitable commitment for the local
Women’s League. But she hasn’t quite found the fulfillment
she had expected from being a wife and mother. When she
spots an intriguing contest in Poise!, Amber never
expects to be picked.
Swapping Lives is a
riotous and poignant look at what happens when two women,
both of whom think their bliss lies elsewhere, walk in each
other’s shoes for a month only to discover that happiness
is closer than they’d ever thought. A rich, clever, and
sharply observed chronicle of the true lives of women,
Swapping Lives is a must read for the modern
mademoiselle that will again squarely position Jane Green
in a preeminent place in women’s fiction.