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Anthony Capella

Autor(a) de The Girl Before

31+ Works 4,994 Membros 364 Críticas 7 Favorited

About the Author

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(nor) J.P. Delaney is the pseudonym of a writer who has previously published best-selling fiction under another name.

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Séries

Obras por Anthony Capella

The Girl Before (2017) 1,918 exemplares
The Perfect Wife (2019) 529 exemplares
The Food of Love (2004) 520 exemplares
Believe Me (2018) 494 exemplares
The Wedding Officer (2006) 395 exemplares
Playing Nice (2020) 371 exemplares
The Various Flavours of Coffee (2008) 347 exemplares
The Death Pit (1999) 126 exemplares
The Empress of Ice Cream (2010) 74 exemplares
The Poison Tree (1997) 64 exemplares
My Darling Daughter (2022) 39 exemplares
The Decoy (2001) 37 exemplares
Tell Me Lies (2003) 30 exemplares
The New Wife (2023) 12 exemplares

Associated Works

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Capella, Anthony
Outros nomes
Delaney, J.P.
Strong, Anthony
Strong, Tony
Data de nascimento
1962
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
England, UK
Local de nascimento
Uganda
Locais de residência
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
London, England, UK
Educação
St Peter’s College, Oxford (First in English Literature)
Ocupações
writer
Agente
Caradoc King
Nota de desambiguação
J.P. Delaney is the pseudonym of a writer who has previously published best-selling fiction under another name.

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I really enjoyed The Girl Before and couldn’t wait to dive into another J P Delaney.

Susie and Gabe are happily married and living the dream in their six-bedroomed thatched farmhouse in the middle of nowhere where Gabe, a former member of a globally successful boy band, writes songs for other artistes in his studio and Susie, a former backing singer, is caught up in promoting her new band. Then out of the blue Susie receives a social media message from Anna, her daughter who had been taken away from her as a baby15 years ago, and her whole world is turned upside down.

The “sex and drugs and rock and roll” lifestyle, Social Services protocols and the consequences of both take centre stage. Devastating secrets are revealed, loyalties are tested and Anna’s experiences with her initial foster parents and subsequent adopted family slowly come to light as the story unfolds.

My Darling Daughter is a compulsive page-turner but I didn’t really engage with any of the characters so rather than empathising with them, feeling their pain, admiring their determination, recoiling in shock, I felt a detachment as if events were playing out from a great distance and I was just a casual observer.

The author’s note details extensive research of the Adoption Society, child safe-guarding, therapies and placement orders to add credibility to Anna’s journey. My problem was that I didn’t find Susie, Gabe or their actions and reactions believable.

Good but not as good as The Girl Before.
… (mais)
 
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geraldine_croft | 1 outra crítica | Mar 21, 2024 |
The premise of this book intrigued me. Can two families actually make this sort of arrangement work? Are there hidden agendas? Reading this book, it is in someways easy to figure out what is going to happen, but the means taken to get there are downright stunning as to what lengths people are capable of going to in order to get what they want. The end result is also typical however it is not the end of the story. It was definitely enough to keep me turning the pages anxious for it all to come together.… (mais)
 
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Estatísticas

Obras
31
Also by
7
Membros
4,994
Popularidade
#5,017
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
364
ISBN
297
Línguas
19
Marcado como favorito
7

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