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This fun but familiar novel from Green (The Other Woman) follows the seemingly perfect lives of two women - one married with children, one single with a high-powered job - who wish to see how the other half lives, only to have the misfortune to get what they wish for. When Amber Winslow, a wealthy Connecticut housewife replete with wealthy husband, full-time nanny and golden retriever, grows tired of her town's vicious social scene, she responds to British magazine Poise!'s search for a subject to swap lives with one of the magazine's London editors, Vicky Townsley. Serious and successful, Vicky is longing for the husband and children she doesn't have. While both women leave home on a yellow-brick-road quest to find the missing piece of their lives - a sense of purpose for Amber, a suitable mate for Vicky - what they find instead is the saccharine obvious: they already have everything they really want.
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Amber S. wrote on 6/25/2007...
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
I hate to admit because I am a huge Green fan, but I was disappointed after reading this book. It just wasn't as good as many of her others.
Jill K. (
2 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was good, but not as good as some of her other books.
Jeanette R. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
i read everything by jane green because the first book i read by her, jemima j is one of my favorites.
this was ok, but not one of her best. i really didnt get into the two main characters, vicky and amber, who swap lives for a month, until about page 250 or so.
amber has the perfect life of a lady who lunches, and vicky lives the fabulous single girl life. vicky, a writer for a magazine, decides to swap lives for a month for an article.
they are both so excited to leave their own lives, they dont realize what (or wo) they have- until they are gone.
Carol G. (
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
This is a story of a successful single woman in England swapping lives with a mother of two in America. It was a very thought provoking book.
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
Jane Green is always witty and hits the vital points directly with a bit of humor. The grass isn't always greener and everyone has got some sort of problems, some of us just hide them better. I truly enjoyed it. :) Sending this back into the world as I was lucky enough to get it here on PBS!
1 member(s) found this review helpful.
As always, Green outdoes herself Never diappointed with her novels
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I thought this book took awhile to get going. Once the swap actually happened it became more interesting, but I feel the author rushed the ending. It was built up and up and then it just ended. I wish there had a bit more at the end. It was entertaining for a lazy summer read.
Linda (A great book. I really enjoyed seeing where the 'swapping' was going to go and to see how each woman appreciated with she had after seeing the "grass" on the other side.
I loved this fun book by Jane Green. She is quickly becoming one of my favorite authors. I highly recommend it if you are looking for a quick fiction chick lit page turner!
Jane Green is one of chick-lit's best authors, and Swapping Lives does not disappoint. Editor Vicky Townsley longs for marriage, family and a house in the country. For a feature story she swaps lives for a month with Amber Winslow, an uber-suburbanite, complete with designer wardrobe, perfect McMansion, and a competitive life.
How both women cope, and what both women learn, make for interesting and somewhat insightful reading.
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