Lie Back and Surrender
Claire's husband James announces he is leaving her the day she gives birth to their baby daughter. Distraught, she returns home to her loving but infuriating family in Dublin, tries drink and tantrums until she pulls herself together and has a fling. Then her husband decides he wants her back. Bitter-sweet comedy.
Sex: More than you'd expect
Readability: 8/10
Typical sentence: Dad said that I had hightailed it (his word) to London at a time when Anna was at a very impressionable age and I had given her the ideas that it was perfectly acceptable to give up a good job and go to work as a waitress.
Publication: The Express (London)
Journalist: Maggie Pringle
Date: 05 July 1997