Paperback pick: This One Is Mine
The funny new novel from the author of Where'd You Go Bernadette
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by Maria Semple (Phoenix, £8.99)
On paper, Violet Perry should be living a dream of a life, with a handsome husband, a lovely child and a beautiful home in LA’s Hollywood Hills, but she’s more than miserable, feeling lost, lonely and bored.
So our flawed heroine sets about banishing her emotional pain by embarking on a wildly inappropriate affair with a charming jazz musician who also happens to be a recovering addict.
The author of Where'd You Go Bernadette delivers a wickedly funny satire on the poor choices we make in the pursuit of happiness.
