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LOVE IN ANOTHER TOWN by Barbara Taylor Bradford

LOVE IN ANOTHER TOWN

by Barbara Taylor Bradford

Pub Date: Oct. 25th, 1995
ISBN: 0-06-017680-6
Publisher: HarperCollins

Hopelessly contrived, soapy little romance between interior- decorator 43-year-old recent divorcÇe with two estranged college- aged children, and her soulmate Jake, a 28-year-old Tom Cruise look-alike whose own bad marriage—to Amy, who's ``too negative,'' who doesn't ``look on the bright side''—has also collapsed. Before the 'round-the-Christmas-tree close, there'll be terminal illness (for bad-attitude Amy), a fatal car crash, an unexpected (but not unwanted, of course) pregnancy, and a trip to Paradise and back. Literally. Love Story mixes with Embraced by the Light mixes with lots of phony psychologizing—and, yes, huge-seller potential. ($1,000,000 ad/promo; author tour)