Book Giveaway: The Gallery of Vanished Husbands

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This week we're giving away 50 copies of Natasha Solomons The Gallery of Vanished Husbands.

At thirty a woman has a directness in her eye. Juliet Montague did anyhow. She knew exactly what she wanted. She wanted to buy a refrigerator. But in a rash moment, Juliet commissions a portrait of herself instead. She has been closeted by her conservative Jewish community for too long, ever since her husband disappeared. Now she is ready to be seen.

So begins the journey of a suburban wife and mother into the heart of 1960s London and its thriving art world, where she proves an astute spotter of talent. Yet she remains an outsider: drawn to a reclusive artist who never leaves Dorset and unable to feel free until she has tracked down her husband – a quest that leads to California and a startling discovery…

Full of warmth, humour and poignancy, this colourful and captivating tale is the perfect summer read for fans of Rachel Joyce and Marina Lewycka.

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I agree with a lot of the comments here,I enjoyed the story and found the writing style very descriptive and evocative of the era which I liked.
Unfortunately I didn't particularly like the main character, initially I found her interesting and a strong character but then found her irritating and selfish, dragging her children around, leaving them alone overnight after giving them a 'drink' to help them sleep etc.
It did keep me reading to the end - one for the charity shop now rather than recommending to friends.

Thanks Mumsnet for sending me this book! I agree with a lot of the comments, I enjoyed the first half but then the story seemed to become less believable and so not a 'page turner' so much, and slightly disappointing after the promising start! I have passed this on to my mum to see what she thinks of it.

Thanks for the copy :)

I struggled my way through this book, in parts I found myself realxing into it but then I would start losing interest again. I did push myself to finish the book, a task which normally would not require encouragement, but I would not look to read another book by this author

My copy has been passed to a friend in the hope that she gets more enjoyment out of it than I did

I'm glad so many of you enjoyed this. I'm afraid I didn't. I found it difficult to read and I didn't particularly like the characters. I agree with Julker in that I struggled with it.