Other People's Children: a poignant story of marriage, divorce - and stepchildren from one of Britain’s best loved authors, Joanna Trollope
Oct 2010 · Random House
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Readers of Erica James, Elizabeth Noble and Amanda Prowse will love this wonderfully thought-provoking and moving novel of family dynamics from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. It really is Trollope at her very best.
'A gripping read - as shrewdly observant of psychological and domestic detail as anything she has written' -- Daily Telegraph
'Wonderfully and compulsively readable... She can be as subtle as Austen, as sharp as Bronte. Trollope's brilliant' -- Mail on Sunday
'Trollope has shown herself capable of such emotional depth, that although you turn the pages quickly, it is with trembling fingers' -- The Times
'One of the very best stories I've ever read' -- ***** Reader review
'Superb' -- ***** Reader review
'A compulsive read' -- ***** Reader review
'I loved every moment of this book' -- ***** Reader review
'Couldn't put it down...' -- ***** Reader review
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TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE A FAMILY
For eight-year-old Rufus life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths.
But now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. What's even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew's three teenagers, who have been conditioned by their mother Nadine to hate his mother Josie.
'A gripping read - as shrewdly observant of psychological and domestic detail as anything she has written' -- Daily Telegraph
'Wonderfully and compulsively readable... She can be as subtle as Austen, as sharp as Bronte. Trollope's brilliant' -- Mail on Sunday
'Trollope has shown herself capable of such emotional depth, that although you turn the pages quickly, it is with trembling fingers' -- The Times
'One of the very best stories I've ever read' -- ***** Reader review
'Superb' -- ***** Reader review
'A compulsive read' -- ***** Reader review
'I loved every moment of this book' -- ***** Reader review
'Couldn't put it down...' -- ***** Reader review
*******************************************************************
TWO PEOPLE IN LOVE DON'T NECESSARILY MAKE A FAMILY
For eight-year-old Rufus life has become complicated. His parents, Josie and Tom, have divorced and are setting off on separate paths.
But now, other people have had to become involved, like his mother's new husband Matthew and his father's new friend Elizabeth. What's even worse is that there are other children too, Matthew's three teenagers, who have been conditioned by their mother Nadine to hate his mother Josie.
Matthew's children come to their father for weekends and make it clear how much they loathe Josie. Rufus secretly prefers to be with his father, in his peaceful flat in Bath, where he realises that he doesn't actually hate the idea of a stepmother, if she is peaceful and sane like Elizabeth.
But where other people's children are concerned, neat solutions seldom occur ...
Readers of Erica James, Elizabeth Noble and Amanda Prowse will love this wonderfully thought-provoking and moving novel of family dynamics from multi-million copy bestselling author Joanna Trollope. It really is Trollope at her very best.
'A gripping read - as shrewdly observant of psychologica...
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January 5, 2026
There are not any great adventures in this story but the story has captured the problems of broken marriages and step children perfectly. I am retired now having worked with children for over 35 years, I wish I had read it years ago, I would have had a better understanding of how children feel from a broken marriage. This is the 1st book of hers I have read and will definitely be reading more.
About the author
Joanna Trollope is the author of eagerly awaited and sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic nuaunces and dilemmas of life in present-day England. She has also written a number of historical novels and Britannia's Daughters, a study of women in the British Empire.
Joanna Trollope was born in Gloucestershire and now lives in London. She was appointed OBE in the 1996 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to literature.
Joanna Trollope is the author of eagerly awaited and sparklingly readable novels often centred around the domestic nuaunces and dilemmas of life in present-day England. She has also written a number of historical novels and Britannia's Daughters, a study of women in the British Empire.
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