The Question

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Following the great success of Jane Asher's debut novel The Longing her second novel is a compassionate compelling and beautifully written study of the terrible effect of jealousy on a woman's life John and Eleanor Hamilton are middle-aged wealthy and settled in their comfortable life in Hampshire and London John didn't want children so instead Eleanor used her energies to help run the company and get involved in the local community So imagine her horror when one day she discovers that her husband has led a secret life for twenty years in the shape of a mistress and a nineteen-year-old daughter -- the daughter that she herself never had The jealousy that Eleanor feels is all-consuming driving her to limits she would never have thought possible Then John badly injured in a car crash becomes a victim of PVS -- Persistent Vegetative State Although he is capable of communicating by the tiniest of signals he has no quality of life And so arises the ultimate question -- and the ultimate opportunity for revenge Should he live or should he die? John's fate hangs in the balance as the three women he deceived and betrayed decide upon the answer --> Genre: Romance General