On the day that her youngest child leaves home Alice Hatton discovers two disturbing truths in a matter of hoursThe Empty Nest cliche is trueAnd she does not love her husband Peter at allampnbspNow in her fifties Alice is appalled to realise that she is no longer considered her own person but is instead defined by her relationships mother to her adult children wife to her husband Horrified by the thought of spending another thirty years with Peter in their North London suburb Alice decides to take matters into her own handsWhat follows is a triumphant and liberating breaking of all the rules But when Alice must cope with loss for the second time in as many years she discovers what even the most apparently respectable woman is capable ofJoin Amanda Brookfield as she revisits her first novelampnbspAlice Alone and rediscover how she got her welldeserved reputation for writing about womens lives with humour and honesty Includes a brand new foreword from the authorPraise for Amanda BrookfieldAn engaging emotionallycharged and intriguing story Michelle GormanNo one gets to the heart of human relationships quite so perceptively as BrookfieldampnbspThe MirrorUnputdownable Perceptive Poignant I loved itampnbspbestselling author Patricia ScanlanampnbsponampnbspBefore I Knew YouIf Joanna Trollope is the queen of the Aga Saga then Amanda Brookfield must be a strong contender for princessampnbspOxford TimesWhat readers are saying about Amanda BrookfieldI felt so involved in this...
