I do like a book that gives you not only a good story but an intriguing backdrop too. This highly astute tale of three female friends walking the Inca Trail is full of the wonder and history of Peru, fascinating, and also the wonder of love and the history of a declining marriage. I also love a book that gives you the unexpected. I sympathised with our heroine in her trapped life and cheered as she made her final decision. Really a very satisfying read on the complexities of modern marriage.
Sasha feels that she is captive in a life which no longer satisfies her. Her children are critical, her husband unsupportive, and she is bored and unfulfilled. So, with two good women friends, she escapes to darkest Peru, to take on the challenge of a lifetime - to walk the Inca Trail. Amongst the grandeur of the mountains, and the glorious ancient civilisation of the Incas, she discovers that she can grab hold of her life and wrench it back before it’s too late. She embarks upon a love affair which takes her completely by surprise; she also finds disaster and the sound of her own laughter once more.
Diana Appleyard is a writer, broadcaster and freelance journalist for a number of national newspapers and magazines. She worked for the BBC as an Education Correspondent, before deciding to give up her full-time job to work from home, a decision which formed the basis for her first novel, Homing Instinct. She lives with her husband Ross and their two young daughters in an Oxfordshire farmhouse. Homing Instinct, A Class Apart, Out of Love and her most recent novel, Every Good Woman Deserves a Lover are all published by Black Swan.
