Synopsis
Ben and Helen Armstead have reached breaking point and it takes one afternoon - and a single act of recklessness - for Ben to deal the final blow to their marriage, spectacularly demolishing everything they built together. Helen and her teenage daughter Sara leave for Manhattan where Helen takes a job in PR - her first in many years - and discovers she has a gift for spinning crises into second chances. But can she apply her professional talent to her personal life? A Thousand Pardons is an elegant, audacious, gripping and sharply observed novel about a marriage in ruins and a family in crisis; about the limits of self-invention and the seduction of self-destruction.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- ISBN: 9781472113252
- Number of pages: 288
- Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18 mm
- Weight: 236g
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Crisis management
Initially set in the New York suburbs this starts as a study in a family breakdown with the associated frustrations and blunt language. After moving quickl... READ MORE
Not for me
I was brought up believing that if you can't say anything nice you shouldn't say anything at all, I'll leave it there.
Not my kind of book
I found the story line implausible and erratic, nothing materialize as the story progressed, the ending was very weak.
Not my kind of book .
Short of a Pardon or Two!
A disappointing novel. The author seems to have had several ideas for the plot and characters but neither have been developed beyond basic banality. The ce... READ MORE
Prune finger rating - zero
I normally read a book on the train, half-an-hour each way, sometimes I might be seen plodding slowly up the hill to home reading "the book", I may take an... READ MORE
Mediocre
I didn't really enjoy this book as I found the plot too far fetched and unconvincing. While it started off ok, as the novel progressed it got worse and I w... READ MORE
Sadly I wouldn't recommend it
I was sent this by Waterstones as a free copy to review. Unfortunately it didn’t grab me to begin with and it has taken me some time to pick it up again to... READ MORE
Have read better!!
I had not previously read any of Jonathan Dee's books so was unsure what to expect. After reading this I'm not sure I will go out of my way to read anymore... READ MORE
A PR fable
I never thought I would feel sympathy for anyone in PR, but I did for Helen Armstead. This modern fable plots an odyssey through a difficult period in her ... READ MORE
Full of Drama
Helen & Ben Armtead go to see Dr Becket because they have marriage problems where they do not speak or touch each other any more. Ben gets a new summer ass... READ MORE