Book info

• Title The Other Woman's Shoes
• Author Adele Parks
• Year 2003
• Genre Contemporary

The Evergreen sisters have always been opposites. Martha is married and has the perfect home and family. Eliza rents a drab one-bedroom flat, which she shares with her sexy but hapless boyfriend. Until, one day, Eliza walks out on him, the very same day that Martha's husband walks out on her. Suddenly the Evergreen sisters are united by separation. Eliza is free to pursue the relationship she's always wanted; one that offers stability and security. Martha falls into a relationship that she could never have imagined; it's crazy and carefree. Can they find happiness dashing down these new paths? Or does chasing love only get more complicated when you're running in another woman's shoes?

Thoughts

Eliza gives up her messy lifestyle to try and bring some order and maturity to her life. Martha’s husband leaves her and she embarks on “just having fun”. The two sisters are swapping ways of life and finding out the realities of the other.

I think the book is more about Martha than Eliza, and it’s lovely to see her blossom from a quiet little mouse into a kick-ass single mother. Eliza, you feel, just needs to be taught a lesson. And I don’t know if it’s just me who feels that Jack really is just too good to be true.

It was easy to read, quite open and gets across emotions very well. I liked it, but I found it a little bit unbelievable. A great fairy-story though.

Rating: 3 / 5