This is not a book for everyone, but its admirers are vigorously enthusiastic. For example:

Rhoda Koenig in New York Magazine, who calls it ". . . a novel of blazingly hot revenge, one that amply illustrates the saying about heaven having no rage like love turned to hate, nor hell a fury [...]

Fay Weldon skriver som hon lever - utan en tanke på att bli omtyckt. Hennes frispråkighet och vassa penna har genom åren skaffat henne mängder av beundrare och en och annan motståndare. Nu vänder hon blicken mot sig själv och tar oss med på en resa som startar 1931. Vi följer henne som barn[...]

A delicious treat of wisdom for better self-awareness and satisfaction. Tackle anxiety, envy, guilt, while giving in to sex, food, friends, family, shopping - and chocolate.[...]

Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish. Rather the opposite in fact - simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. But when she discovers that her husband is having a passionate affair with the lovely romantic[...]

It is a masterpiece of religious allegory transformed into intense drama, its style unsurpassed, its characters superbly individualized, indelibly alive, and as memorable as the landmarks on Christian's perilous journey toward salvation.
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After returning home from a stint on the London stage to find her husband mysteriously dead and her female friends suspiciously smoothing over the details, an actress begins losing her mind in finding her worst fears confirmed. Reprint. K.[...]

When Esther Wells and her husband go on a diet, they begin to see each other differently and face the breakup of their marriage[...]

From the award-winning novelist and writer of "Upstairs Downstairs, " the third book in a brilliant trilogy about what life was really like for masters and servants before the world of "Downton Abbey."England, 1903. Lord Robert and Lady Isobel Dilberne and the entire grand estate, with its hundred r[...]

From the award-winning writer of the original "Upstairs Downstairs"--the second novel in an irresistible trilogy about an Earl's family and his servants at the turn of the twentieth century. As 1901 comes to an end, there is much to be grateful for: The Dilberne fortune has been restored, and the gr[...]

From the award-winning novelist and writer of "Upstairs Downstairs, " the launch of a brilliant new trilogy about what life was really like for masters and servants before the world of "Downton Abbey
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As the Season of 1899 comes to an end, the world is poised on the brink of profound, irrevoc[...]

The third and final instalment in Fay Weldon's LoveInheritance trilogy sees the Dilbernes frantically preparing for a visit from the Royals.[...]

The year is 1905 and King Edward VII has invited himself and his mistress to a shooting weekend with the Dilbernes. Now Isobel, the Countess, must turn a run-down mansion into a palace fit for a king. Just as well the family fortunes have been restored, but money can't solve everything... not even a[...]

'She's a Queen of Words' CAITLIN MORAN. 'One of the great lionesses of modern English literature' HARPER'S BAZAAR. 'Readable, articulate and fascinating' THE SCOTSMAN. 'Outrageously funny' DAILY EXPRESS. 'Sharp, witty, incisive' THE TIMES. 'Wise, knowing, forthright' INDEPENDENT. Reviewers have[...]