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Have you read I Found You by Lisa Jewell? Post feedback by 7 November for chance to win a £100 Love2Shop voucher

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SorchaMumsnet · 25/07/2016 15:49

After Lily's husband fails to return from work, the police inform her that the man she's just married never even existed. At the other end of the country, single mother Alice stumbles upon a man who can't remember his own name...

We're giving away 50 copies of bestselling author Lisa Jewell's new novel to Mumsnetters who want to read and share their thoughts about it on this discussion. Go to the giveaway page to find out more about the book and apply for a free copy.

*You don't have to win a free copy to take part in the discussion. Anyone who has read I Found You can post their feedback here. If you miss out on a free one, you can buy a copy.

All who post feedback before 7 November will be entered into a prize draw to win a £100 Love2shop voucher.

This giveaway is sponsored by Penguin Random House

Have you read I Found You by Lisa Jewell? Post feedback by 7 November for chance to win a £100 Love2Shop voucher
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gardeningsarah · 29/10/2016 14:09

I have been reading this book over the half term. Once I started I found it difficult to put down and go to sleeep at night as I wanted to keep reading.

The outcome wasn't what I expected, I loved all the different intertwining stories coming together.

Thank your for my free copy, worth the wait.

Well now be looking out for other novels by Lisa Jewell.

dalek · 30/10/2016 23:21

Just finished this book. Thank you mumsnet. Never read any Lisa Jewell before but this was a well written interesting story.

I found it an easy and quick read and the ending is not what I thought it was going to be. Kept me guessing as to who Frank was.

Would recommend it as an easy and enjoyable read which I didn't want to put down - it's not a book that will stay with me for ages but I really enjoyed it as I was reading it.

clairet144 · 03/11/2016 11:29

Really enjoyed this book and like TheImpossibleGirl I thought this was going to be a chick lit one! I was hooked from the beginning and it took me 2 days to read ( haven't done that in years!!!) I loved how the stories intertwined - its a heartbreaking, happy and gripping story and would love there to be a sequel! Have bought The Girls to read now! - Thank you Mumsnet for the chance to read this book.

helenatroy · 03/11/2016 11:33

Am already reading it on Kindle.

TheImpossibleGhoul · 03/11/2016 22:36

Clairet144 The girls was also very good. Enjoy.

When you have devoured that one, try The House We Grew Up in, also by Lisa Jewell.

They are the only three of hers I have read, I am definitely going to look for more.

AndrewClover · 12/11/2016 13:12

I think Lisa Jewell has elements of genius, in the Elizabeth Gilbert / Roman sense of the word. (Apparently the Romans thought a genius wasn’t a thing you’d be, it’d be something you’d channel). This is what Jewell seems to do so well, she channels. She leaves herself out of the way. If she was an actress, she’d be Meryl Streep, inhabiting all parts, or letting them flow through her. That is what it appears anyway. It felt effortless, this book. I loved how it wove its spell, with a quiet certainty, right from the deceptively simple start: ‘Alice Lake lives in a house by the sea...’ I enjoyed watching the characters come to life one by one. I found I believed them all. The backstory of the villain rang true. I believed also the lovers, and believed the attraction between them. I’ve read all four of Jewell’s last four books, watching her moving from her early funny rom-coms, to the darker, mystery-driven books that are in the same genre as Before I Go To Sleep or Gone Girl. I found this the most satisfying of the four, and I think I preferred it to those two super-bestsellers. I enjoyed its clever construction – a story told in three locales: the woman who’s found a man on the beach, the woman who’s seeking her husband, the teenager who is watching his sister flirting with a bad man... I found myself turning the pages faster and faster, wanting to know how these pieces fitted together. I enjoyed how the jeopardy of it grew steadily. The flirting man grew worse. The unease grew, but who was he? How did he fit into the puzzle? I’m not going to tell you! Get the book, cancel everything for a day, and let it flow through you!

hobbska · 20/12/2016 16:51

Thank you so much for my free copy! I am absolutely loving this book. I am about three quarters of the way through and get so absorbed in her life whenever I pick it up. I watched about half of the series when it was on TV and the book compliments the series so well! Thank you again!

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