'When I went off to college I started telling people that my mother died in a car crash.' Ellie and Izzy have lived a life with a mother they adored. Taking them for long midnight baths or dancing in the dark in the rain, she's been a magical, colourful figure. Now, on the eve of her forty-first birthday, Izzy realises that she's about to reach the year her mother never got beyond. Her father and sister are flying out for an emotionally charged weekend visit, and Izzy can't help feeling that she's still responsible, that ...
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'When I went off to college I started telling people that my mother died in a car crash.' Ellie and Izzy have lived a life with a mother they adored. Taking them for long midnight baths or dancing in the dark in the rain, she's been a magical, colourful figure. Now, on the eve of her forty-first birthday, Izzy realises that she's about to reach the year her mother never got beyond. Her father and sister are flying out for an emotionally charged weekend visit, and Izzy can't help feeling that she's still responsible, that there are apologies to be made. Surely now she's at an age where a grown-up daughter can put things behind her? Like her bestselling novel The Abortionist's Daughter, Elisabeth Hyde's Crazy as Chocolate dwells on the fragile yet binding relationship between a mother and her daughters. It is an enchanting novel of an idyllic, wild childhood and of two girls who, in spite of everything, love the woman who gave them life.
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Very good in very good dust jacket. Outline: -Izzy and Ellie are sisters whose lives were irrevocably changed when their mother committed suicide on her 41st birthday. Izzy is now on the eve of turning 41 herself "entering virgin time" and her family is about to descend on the emotionally charged weekend. Alternating between past and present Izzy reflects on her mother`s turbulent life and long-buried guilt surrounding the suicide. When Izzy discovers her sister is also showing signs of mental angst Izzy is forced to reconsider her family loyalties and find a way to spare her niece from the torment she herself had to go through long ago. Crazy As Chocolate is an emotional yet uplifting novel that explores the love-hate relationships between loved ones and the family bonds they share. -> the publisher of this PAPERBACK book is Pan The date of this copy is 2008 booksalvation have grade it as Very Good and it will be shipped from our UK warehouse This book is from the Series. Shipping is Free for UK buyers and at a reasonable charge for buyer outside the UK.
