The Romancipation of Maggie Hunter [Paperback]

Sigaloff, author of Like Mother, Like Daughter (2006), tackles the romantic lives of two very different friends in her latest venture. Maggie's perspective on "happily ever after" changed dramatically after she discovered her live-in boyfriend was cheating on her shortly before he died in a tragic accident. Three years later, Maggie, 32, is dating her university crush, Max French, but when he asks her to move in with him, she's reluctant to give up her freedom. Her best friend, Eloise, is in the opposite boat: she would love to get her independent boyfriend, Jake, to settle down. After Maggie decides to move in with Max, Eloise convinces her to rent her flat out to Jake, thinking that if Jake leaves the flat he's currently sharing with several of his friends, he'll mature a bit. The move and the characters' various pursuits produce unexpected results. Astute readers will probably see the resolution coming, but there's no denying that it's an inventive and daring one for the chick-lit/romance genre. Huntley, Kristine --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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*Romancipationro-man-ci-pa-tion nounThe freedom for women to love whom they choose whilst retaining their own space and identity. In other words, the final stage in women's liberation!Maggie is living the life she's always wanted. Her career is taking off and, thanks to Japanese straightening technology, her hair is lying down. Maggie even has a funny, caring boyfriend - but there's one problem: he wants Maggie to move in.Maggie's not sure she's ready to move from "me" to "we"...As she examines the relationships around her, Maggie has to decide: is she ready to face her fears and embrace her own romancipation?

Born in London, despite brief trips into the countryside, Jane has always been a city girl at heart. After studying History at St Hilda's College, Oxford, she entered the allegedly glamorous world of television as tea and coffee coordinator for Nickelodeon UK. As Jane progressed to researcher and then assistant producer, her contracts took her to MTV and finally to the BBC. Having been writing since 2000, Jane is now working on her sixth novel.