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Close Relations

By: Deborah Moggach
Narrated by: Sarah Cullum
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Gordon Hammond, 65, a builder who has built up his own, modestly successful business, has a heart attack. Whilst recovering in hospital he falls in love with April, a young black nurse, and leaves Dorothy, his wife of 45 years, to set up home with her.

Dorothy is released like a loose cannon into the lives of her three daughters and chaos ensues. More relationships break up, passions run high and dramatic developments ensue that will change the Hammond family forever.

©1997 Deborah Moggach (P)2026 Bolinda Publishing Contemporary Family Life Genre Fiction Heartfelt

Critic reviews

'A lovely, intricately-crafted novel, with some very memorable characters and lines of prose I found myself recalling with a smile.' (Petrina Binney, author of the Sex, Death and Dinner series)
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A wonderful family story. I love Deborah's writing style, and the ability that she has to capture relationships, and to portray their complexities. This is definitely one of her better books, although my absolute favourites are Stolen and Porky. Please make Hot Water Man into an audiobook soon, also.

Excellent story

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