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Wife in the North | 
 enlarge | Author: Judith O'reilly
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Category: Book
List Price: £7.99
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Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 113
Media: Paperback
Pages: 304
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 4.8 x 0.8
ISBN: 0141033436
EAN: 9780141033433
ASIN: 0141033436
Publication Date: July 3, 2008
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 Lots to relate to August 19, 2008
Helena Frith Powell (Abu Dhabi)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I haven't even finished the book and feel compelled to write a review, partly to defend Judith against the nasty ones here complaining about her running out of petrol. I have had a few of those for my own books, one even complaining that I have a husband called Rupert! This is a really great read. There is so much to relate to, to laugh at and to sympathise with. Judith writes brilliantly, her style is totally addictive and she has a really poignant way of expressing things, especially her feelings for her children. I hope this book does really well, it deserves to. So what if she doesn't know where the nearest garage is?
beautifully written August 11, 2008
Mrs. K. A. Wheatley (Leicester, UK)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As a blogger myself I was really interested to see what happens to a blogger who gets propelled to the literary stratosphere. I had read some of the blog but not all, and was not really sure what to expect from the book.
It was beautifully written and very poignant. Judith agrees to her husband's life long dream to life in Northumberland and uproots her existence to live in total chaos with two small boys, whilst also being heavily pregnant. The house is not ready. It is too small. It takes months for planning permission to be granted and the money keeps running out. Her husband, the man who wanted to live there in the first place, comes home for the weekend once every three weeks and spends most of the rest of the time in London, which is where she wants to be but isn't. She catalogues her woes in this blog/book.
People have criticised the book and the woman for being petulant and selfish. I disagree. She is writing about what is true for her. I feel that if I were in her shoes, I too would be rather depressed and find it very hard to find a silver lining. Living on what is a building site, out of boxes with three small children, one a newborn who is waking most nights is not easy, not easy at all. I applaud her for having stuck it out and not run off screaming into the distance.
My only beef is that this book is being marketed as a 'hilarious' read. It isn't. It is funny, in places, and indeed has some laugh out loud moments, but it is also tragic, poignant and heartfelt. It tells the truth of someone's chaotic life, their highs and lows and at times I felt that I could weep with empathy. Don't be fooled by the cover. It is not a jolly read. It's much more than that.
 Horrible August 8, 2008
Mrs. G. Potts (England)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
It's very rarely I don't finish a book and yet with this one I'm feeling that not only do I not want to finish, but I actually want to throw it into the nearest bin.
The author seems to do nothing but whine about her life. I feel for her children if they ever read it, as obviously watching them grow up is nothing compared to being able to socialise in London.
She's irresponsibile, running out of fuel on numerous occasions with small children in the car, ungrateful and snobbish.
Don't bother reading.
Set aside time for this - beautifully written, poignant and funny August 4, 2008
A. I. McCulloch (Co Durham)
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
Judith O'Reilly got her book deal as a result of a blog; but for anyone thinking of following in her footsteps, she also got it by being a superbly accomplished writer who is capable of making you laugh and cry on the same page. Judith has a truly rare gift with words, coining lyrical phrases that you read over again for their beauty and others that bring forward a welter of emotions in one short phrase. Nothing I have ever read sums up the desperation of a mother giving birth and longing for the pain to end, as the phrase. "Does the baby need shoulders?...I will buy it shoulders on e-Bay."
Many will identify with Judith's situation of living somewhere they have no real desire to be,but few would have the bravery to be as honest as Judith about the difficulties - or describe the joys as lyrically. The best bit - when I finished Wife In The North I went onto the Net and read some more straight from the blog. How many books offer you that? Marvellous.
 For Wives Everywhere August 3, 2008
L. J. Williams (Derbyshire, U.K.)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Judith O'Reilly is the ultimate bloggers blogger of Wife in the North fame. In fact, is there a British blogger out there who is not reading this? Nope- didn't think so. Wife got a lot of press for securing herself book deal last year with only six weeks of blogdom under her belt. I think it was totally well-deserved, as the blog shows the best of times and the worst of times just like (I think) all good stories do. A lot of the blog material features in the book though, which means earlier followers of Wife in the North may not feel like they have gotten their money's worth. Interesting, funny and moving read.
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