This is another second novel (we seem to read a lot of these!) following the success of "Thursdays in the Park". Her first novel was dubbed as 'gran-lit' and described in headlines as a 'Steamy Fifty Shades of Grey style novel for the over 60s' (Daily Mail article, 11 November 2012).
Tangled Lives is set in the same social world of wealthy, north London (Hampstead, Highgate, Crouch End way) and features a successful middle-aged mother of three (now grown-up) children and business lady - Annie Delancey.
It sounds an intriguing story about mothering and about secrets when Annie's family is suddenly confronted by a man who turns up as her long-lost son who she gave up for adoption in the 1960s. The problem is that Annie never told her family about their half-brother and has kept the secret for over 30 years. How will the family react and how will Annie contain her feelings for her son?
The Author
As a former children's nurse at Great Ormond Street Hospital, a marriage guidance counsellor and health journalist, Hilary Boyd has a wealth of life experience to bring to her writing. She was educated at Roedean, the girl's private school and then studied English Literature at London University. Hilary is married to the film producer, William Boyd and (like her character, Annie) has three children.
She started writing fiction in her forties and was continually rejected until a small independent publishers issued 'Thursdays in the Park' which initially only sold about a thousand copies. This book was then issued online by Quercus and has sold staggeringly over 500,000 copies. C'est la vie!
More Information
Find out more about Hilary on her publisher's website: http://www.quercusbooks.co.uk/blog/tag/hilary-boyd/. This page includes links to short interviews and the opportunity to win signed copies of her latest book.
