In Jane Green's newest novel two women on opposite sides of
the relationship
spectrum decide to take on the other's life for a period of
four weeks. Victoria
Townsley is 35, single and the features director of Poise
magazine in England.
Vicky is successful, loves her job, and has a neighborhood
guy named Daniel
who she can call when she's feeling a little restless. The
only thing missing
from her life is a husband, children, a country home, and an
Aga; sadly, the
lack of these items are what she chooses to focus on when
thinking about her
life. On the other side of the pond, in Highield,
Connecticut, lives Amber
Winslow, a former lawyer and now married mother of two whose
husband
commutes back and forth to his job on Wall Street. Amber's
life is filled with
charity events, lavish spending, and hanging out with the
Highfield League of
Young Ladies (also known as Social Climbers in Suburbia).
Despite appearing
to have it all, Amber can't help but feel like something is
missing from her life
and thinks that participating in the swap just might remind
her of what it is.
This book was funny, quick-witted, and shows that the grass
is not always
greener on the other side. Jane Green's characters are the
type of women
you'd want to meet for a drink and talk over your problems.
Even when
they're doing things that annoy you or making choices you
don't agree with,
Green has the ability to soften even your harshest
criticisms with her
characters' quick internal dialogue and witty
self-deprecation. This book was
a quick read and a lovely story, though I still prefer some
of her earlier books
like JEMIMA J and BABYVILLE. If this is your first Jane
Green novel I would
suggest either of those over this one, though Green didn't
disappoint and this
novel will be a fun and lighthearted choice for readers of
women's fiction.
What if a successful, single Londoner and a comfortable,
Connecticut mother of two were to walk in each other’s
shoes for a month? Vicky Townsley is the director of
Poise! magazine and lives a glamorous London life.
She has everything she wants—except marriage, children, and
a house in the country. Amber Winslow has a stone mansion
in Connecticut, two kids, and a nanny, but she hasn’t found
the fulfillment she had expected from being a wife and
mother. When she spots an intriguing contest in
Poise! Amber impulsively enters, never expecting to
be picked.
A must-read for every modern woman
who’s ever considered the road not taken, Swapping
Lives is a warm and realistic chronicle of two women who
do more than wonder if the grass is greener on the other
side of the Atlantic.
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