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    The Real Liddy James

    Written by Anne-Marie Casey

    Narrated by Orlagh Cassidy

    3.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    A witty and captivating novel about a modern-day superwoman who leans in so far she falls over

    Forty-four, fit, and fabulous, Liddy James is one of New York's top divorce attorneys, a bestselling author, and a mother of two. Armed with a ruthless reputation and a capsule wardrobe, she glides through the courtrooms and salons of the Manhattan elite with ease. What's her secret? Liddy will tell you: "I don't do guilt!"

    This is the last thing literature professor Peter James wants to hear. Devastated by his divorce from Liddy six years earlier, the two have a tangled history his new partner, Rose, is only just sorting out. But Rose is a patient woman with faith in a well-timed miracle and she's determined to be sympathetic to Peter's plight. Together, Liddy, Peter, and Rose have formed a modern family to raise Liddy and Peter's truculent teen and Liddy's darling, if fatherless, six-year-old.

    But when Rose announces she's pregnant, Liddy's nanny takes flight, the bill for a roof repair looms, and a high-profile divorce case becomes too personal, Liddy realizes her days as a guilt-free woman might be over. Following a catastrophic prime-time TV interview, she carts her sons back to Ireland to retrace their family's history. But marooned in the Celtic countryside things are still far from simple, and Liddy will have to come to terms with much more than a stormy neighbor and an unorthodox wedding if she ever hopes to rediscover the real Liddy James.

    Fun, fearless, and full of heart, The Real Liddy James takes a fresh look at the balancing act every family performs. With the deft characterization and sharp wit that made her first novel an international bestseller, Anne-Marie Casey invites us into the ambitions, passions, and misadventures of this extraordinary heroine.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateSep 20, 2016
    ISBN9781524703479
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    • 5/5
      After the first dozen pages or so, I Was completely prepared to dislike Liddy and move on to a "nicer" book. But, I didn't have another one at hand, so I kept reading I'm so glad I did.The last line of the book is my favorite, but this story of realistic people, or maybe people that are just a touch to good to believe, was wonderful Peter and his ex wife were friends who took care of and loved the son they had made together, and Peter's current partner loved that boy, too. There are more children, more men, more women, and Storm might be my second favorite. First? Well, I ended the book a huge fan of Liddy James. It too the magic of a magical place to help her find her real self, and the journey she took to get there is well worth reading.
    • 3/5
      Chick-Fic isn’t for everyone but sometimes it’s so well-written that reading it is a sheer delight: Anne-Marie Casey writes like Marian Keyes, but better - full of Irish charm and wit but acutely observant and aware of social issues. Liddy James, born but not raised in Ireland, is a successful New York divorce lawyer with an ex-husband, two children, a full-time nanny, and a very dangerous addiction – work. She is in her 40s when her inevitable breakdown occurs – very publicly, on prime-time television – and she takes her spoilt sons to spend summer in a near-hovel in rural Ireland. It is there she finds her roots, her priorities, and love. This is chick-fic, after all.