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Vicky Townsley, a successful director of the popular Poise! magazine who lives alone in London, would give up her career, home and single life for marriage, children and a country house. Amber Winslow, meanwhile, owns a grand mansion in Highfield, Connecticut, is a devoted wife and mother, and runs a local women’s league. Both feel unfulfilled in their respective roles. When Amber writes to a Poise! feature inviting married readers to swap lives with a glamorous single journalist, she is surprisingly chosen. The novel follows their month‑long exchange, revealing that happiness is not always where you expect it to be.
First publish date: 2006
Genre: Humorous Fiction/Comedy Fiction
Authors: Jane Green
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