Other People's Husbands: The emotionally gripping story of friendship, love and betrayal from the author of Love, Iris

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Other People’s Husbands is a story of friendship and love, crossing boundaries and breaking vows, of trying to fix what you believed could never be broken. Things I Want My Daughters to Know” is the fourth stand alone novel and was released in the year 2007. How would you say goodbye to those that you love the most in the world? A moving and warm-hearted novel about love in all its forms... Nobody weaves a complex web of stories with quite the same skill as Elizabeth Noble * Sunday Express * To some extent the plot of Other People’s Husbands is as old as time, where love and lust become confused and destructive, but this story is so imbued with sensitive understanding, with realism and compassion that it feels quite perfect. I believed in the people, the settings and the situations completely so that I found the story very affecting and emotional. Carefully plotted over a year, Other People’s Husbands would make a fantastic television drama series.

A frank and believable account of friendship and a marriage under stress. I was moved' ADELE PARKS, SUN A moving and warm-hearted story of friendship and love . . . Elizabeth Noble writes wonderfully real and relatable characters and then puts their lives under the microscope, weaving their stories with tenderness and humanity * Yours Magazine *A frank and believable account of friendship and a marriage under stress. I was moved -- ADELE PARKS * SUN * Oh but it was all worth waiting for, when I started I couldn't put it down - the story of an established group of middle-class middle-ageish families who have been friends for years, they holiday together regularly and their lives are as intertwined as any friendship group can be. Their children have grown up together, some are sharing flats as they move out of home, basically they are there for one another and always will be. Its a very comfortable and aspirational group to be in. I was a little daunted by the list of characters at the start of the book, six couples and their children. I have to admit it took me a while to ‘know’ them all but it really was worth it. The human aspects and fallout from the ‘affair’ resounded so realistically. The pain, guilt, humiliation, hurt and emotional ripple effects upon everyone when the group was split open. How many of us nowadays do not know of these from our own families or circle of friends. Noble develops your empathy keenly and not always for the characters you would expect. It follows a group of close friends in their late 40s and 50s who originally met via the school gates and have shared each others lives ever since. Twenty years later one of them has an affair. Could this betrayl destroy everything?

Wow a fantastic read that truly looks at relationships and friendships in depth! Totally relatable, true to life and believable! Since Daphne passed, Charlie cannot help but think about happier times for every member of the Chamberlain family, before the kids drifted apart. His wife was the truth north of the family, and without her guidance, Charlie fears that his kids have lost all direction.However, it was interesting to read about the lives about all the characters, the conflict, the testing of friendship and loyalty to the one you love. It was cleverly portrayed how one action can hurt so many lives. It did feel like all the characters fit with one another. A wide range of emotions was explored through the book including what is considered the 7 stages of grief. I love the power and loyalty of female friendship. The book starts with a lot of characters. They are all couples who met through their children attending the same school and they and their children have become friends. I initially found this off putting knowing that I struggle with names in real life let alone in a book! Elizabeth Noble's unerring eye depicts family life in all its forms, good and bad, in a way we will all recognise. I loved this book -- Katie Fforde The story took me a little while to become involved which was mainly because it was about 6 couples (and their children) so there were a lot of names to get used to but once I did I was captivated! Like groups of friends do in real life. this group has developed it's own set of traditions; one of which is the annual visit to the 'summer home' and previous much loved home of one of the friends

The devastation, guilt, unhappiness and soul searching that followed the excitement, thrill and sex with a new person changed/altered the couple involved, their wronged spouses, their children and their friendship group, could they recover from this? Move on? Learn? The grass isn’t always greener on the other side! The compelling and gripping new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Love, Iris and The Family Holiday It was an easy read that didn’t push any boundaries or require much of the reader. This much I had anticipated. What was surprising was how frequently I found myself welling up. The discussion around female friendships and particularly mother-daughter relationships were relatable, honest and added depth to characters which were otherwise quite surface level. It's also a tear-jerker in places, beautifully written on the subject of grief and betrayal, yet ultimately also uplifting and thought-provoking. I came away feeling hopeful for the characters' future and it showed that things are never quite as clear-cut as you might think when it comes to the complexities of relationships and close friendships.I confess that when I opened Other People’s Husbands and saw there was a cast list my heart sank. I wasn’t going to enjoy the book because I would find it impossible to know who was who. How wrong can you be? I absolutely adored Other People’s Husbands even if (or perhaps, especially because) it did leave me crying on more than one occasion. The children no longer children but now grown up and their parents have now entered the next stage in life and a time when things change. The latest holiday was the start of the change when the now mature Natalie wears a red bikini instead of a sedate one piece, she has the figure for it but everyone has noticed. Beautifully insightful on long term relationships and friendships and the fractures a betrayal can cause. A gorgeous read * JANE FALLON * A group of close friends, their bonds forged at the nursery gates two decades ago, have celebrated, commiserated and grown together: they thought they all knew each other so well.Until the affair.