Mad About the Boy by Maggie Alderson

'I've got nothing against gay men - some of my best friends are homosexuals. I just didn't expect my husband to be one too.'

Of all the nightmare options that passed through Antonia Heaveringham's head when her husband Hugo uttered the words, I've got something to tell you . . .', a coming out speech never figured.

Suddenly alone in their adopted home of Sydney, with no friends save for her six-year-old Tom and a pair of jewelled Jimmy Choo mules, Antonia soon finds that an attractive single woman is not nearly so welcome on the champagne social scene as the wife of a glamorous English aristocrat. It is only the arrival of Hugo's outrageous lavender-haired Uncle Percy that lifts her out of her depression - and propels her into a gym to combat the effects of some serious comfort eating. There she meets the mysterious James, who leads her into a shadowy world of criminals, corruption and high-stakes property deals. But what starts out as a lark leads her into a situation where keeping a secret becomes a matter of life, death - and love.

Genres: Chick-Lit - Contemporary Romance - Australia
Condition: Very good
Published: 2002 by Penguin Books Australia
Pages: 384
ISBN: 0143000020
Weight: 405g