We have all had ‘I can’t stand it anymore' moments but in Escape the heroine Emily decides enough really is enough and walks out of her job as a lawyer and her marriage to an increasingly work obsessed husband. But Emily quickly finds walking away doesn’t make problems and situations go away. If you like Jodi Picoult then you should read Barbara Delinsky.
'Fans of Jodi Picoult will love this...a poignant family story' - Daily Express
'Delinsky's writing is fluid and makes for a hard-to-put-down book as she deftly blends tense family drama with heavy political issues' - Glamour
'...a sensitive exploration of the prejudices that many hold but few express...a page turner that asks serious questions about America's relationship with its past' - The Times
'A really interesting and sometimes harrowing tale that makes for compelling reading' - Sun
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About Barbara Delinsky
Barbara Delinsky is the author of more than twenty bestselling novels with over thirty million copies in print. She has been published in twenty-five languages worldwide. She lives with her family in New England. Before writing she worked as a journalist and photographer for a local newspaper, as well as a researcher for a children’s charity. She also survived aggressive breast cancer, something that caused her mother’s death when she was 8 years old. She has written a book about her and other women’s cancer experiences, Uplift, Secrets from the Sisterhood of Breast Cancer Survivors which has just published a 10th anniversary edition.
