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The bestselling author of The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel “marries comedy and canniness into a novel that’s warm, tolerant, shrewd and exuberant” (The Sunday Times).
The demise of Russell Buffery’s latest marriage has put the sixty-one-year-old actor in a reflective mood. After all, his three ex-wives—the journalist, the new-age housewife, the antique dealer—have easily found their way without “Buffy”, and his connections to his children are tenuous at best. Spurned and alone, he still wonders where it all went wrong. Until he meets Celeste . . .
Only twenty-three and new to London, the fresh-faced young woman has given Buffy, the hopeless romantic, a new lease on life. But, unknown to Buffy, Celeste has her own agenda. She begins to delve into his past, but discovering each ex-wife leads to another one—not to mention the women on the side. And though Celeste may be in over her head, what is revealed to her will transform her life—and give both her and Buffy a chance to get it right this time around.
Praise for Deborah Moggach
“Deborah Moggach is brilliant at capturing just the right voice for her characters.” —Cosmopolitan
“You’ll be hooked from the first page of this original, funny book . . . Just delicious.” —New Woman
“Wonderfully funny.” —Daily Mail
“Cracking good dialogue, excellent jokes and laser sharp.” —The Daily Telegraph
ASIN : B0B741GKBV
Publisher : Open Road Media (August 2, 2022)
Publication date : August 2, 2022
Language : English
File size : 2307 KB
Text-to-Speech : Enabled
Screen Reader : Supported
Enhanced typesetting : Enabled
X-Ray : Not Enabled
Word Wise : Enabled
Print length : 277 pages
Reviewer: Robin Joyce
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A Good Read
Review: Deborah Moggach is a consistently good read. 'The Ex-Wives' is another example of her ability to introduce characters with whom the reader can identify. They are sympathetic characters, with flaws, a complexity familiar to all of us. At the same time, the situations Moggach devises are unique.This particular novel has a happy ending, although some of her novels do not. However, rather than producing a simplistic story with the 'good' characters winning and the 'bad' characters losing, we are presented with a story that can be read at several levels.I found this novel an easy read, great for a night by the fire. Considering the wintery conditions here, a very good idea.
Reviewer: Tyne O'Connell
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Buffy, The Best & Worst in Every Man
Review: Another cracking read from the mistress of characterisation. A journey of self discovery through muddled modern family relationships with Buffy the Ex-Husband - a loveable Falstaff - at the heart of it all. By the end they felt like family.
Reviewer: Shirley
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: A challenge
Review: It took too long to reach it's excellent climax. Deborah Moggach's powers of observation are great, but the book needed more. The number of characters left me a little confused.
Reviewer: Jane Cobb
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good Read
Review: This was a feel good book and a good escape. I enjoyed all of the characters and their sometimes quirkiness.
Reviewer: Susan Warren
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Three Stars
Review: As with other stories by this author I did enjoy the tale. A good read.
Reviewer: James Brydon
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: Russell Buffery (known to one and all as "Buffy") is an actor just entering his sixties and the offers of work are starting to dry up. Never reluctant to wallow in self-pity he looks back upon his life and in particular his trail of broken marriages and relationships. With three ex-wives and a complex network of children and step-children behind him he is unsure what the future will hold. Things start to look up, however, when he encounters the lovely young Celeste at his local pharmacy (though as he has gone there on a quest for suppositories their initial meetings lacks some of the romantic glamour of "Brief Encounter"]. However, as they come to know each other better it seems that Celeste has developed a dogged curiosity about Buffy's ex-wives and proceeds to meet them all.Buffy's ex-wives are quite a mixed bag. The most recently estranged is Penny, suave, sophisticated and successful in her career as a journalist who can seemingly craft a newspaper or magazine column out of virtually nothing, Celeste tracks her down to the Soho cafe where she always breakfasts and undertakes to help her with one of her current assignments. Then she locates the permanently distracted and artistic Jacquette, now living with psychoanalyst Leon, whose patient she had formerly been. Celeste manages to win her trust and romises to "sit "for her. Then she goes looking for Popsi, Buffy's first wife. Meanwhile Buffy continues to drift through his life, wondering how he might manage to capture Celeste's affections.All this sounds potential depressing but Deborah Moggach manages it all very deftly with a keenly-observed humour that never drowns out the touching nature of the story.All very enjoyable.
Reviewer: Sharon Loveday
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: The characters are all interesting and at times amusing. Intriguing story line which keeps you interested. Well-written and paced. I really enjoyed it.
Reviewer: Amazon Customer
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title:
Review: A bit predictable but nevertheless enjoyable.
Reviewer: Frances Stott
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: This is the story of Buffy, in his sixties, a has-been of stage and radio, the ex-husband of three, ex-lover of several more, and father of various children.Buffy is currently on his own, living in modest chaos, when into his life comes the charming and sexy young Celeste. Buffy is immediately captivated, but while Celeste seems to return his affections - up to a point - there are difficulties. Only Celeste knows what these are. In the meantime, for reasons of her own, she occupies herself by looking up all Buffy's exes, meets his children, and forms friendships along the way.These are the bare bones of the story. On the plus side, it is beautifully written - Moggach has a way of putting things that is absolutely spot-on - and her prose flows effortlessly. But (and this is a big but) the substance of the novel is fairly insubstantial, and it is hard to make a great novel out of such a slender plot. The twist at the end is well done, but the ending itself goes on a bit too long for me. My other (slight) complaint is that there are a lot of characters to keep track of.I enjoyed the novel because I liked many of the characters and the writing style, but three-and-a-half stars because of the plot. However, if you want a light, easy read, and a well-written novel, this may be for you.
Reviewer: Irene
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
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Review: As with almost everything I have read by this brilliant author, this is excellent with credible characters and compelling plot. I have read this many years before but decided to buy it on Kindle and re-read it when I realised that Deborah Moggach's last novel is based on some of these characters. What a genius she is. The only downside is that when you finish her novels, you actually miss the company of her characters.