What really happens in the world of footballer's wives. Shireen Lolesi, former wife of a high-profile rugby league player, has lifted the lid in a sizzling first novel.
Angel Blakely leads the perfect life. With a handsome husband in the form of a famous rugby league star, a newly decorated million-dollar apartment in Sydney's sought-after Eastern Suburbs, and a gorgeous baby son, she is the envy of many.
But her glamorous life is not all it seems. Beneath the money and the status that go with football at its highest level lies a dark world of alcohol and drug abuse, sexual misbehaviour and violence. As Angel begins to understand the man and the life she's married into, her world begins to unravel around her and soon she herself is contemplating breaking the ultimate football taboo – an affair with one of her husband's teammates.
Wives and Girlfriends is a compulsively readable novel of sheer entertainment that pulsates with coke, bling, groupies and sex. But just how much is fiction, and how much is fact...
I couldn't help myself...
It's not the most literary written book. It's not exactly a brain buster. But I could seriously not put this book down! It's like a guilty indulgence into the naughty and hush-hush world of professional football players and their stunning yet imperfect wives and girlfriends. They're real women with real feelings, and when the boys play the girls will have their cake, and eat it too. This book focuses on Angel and her marriage to star footballer Drew. Angel knows the cracks in her seemingly wonderful marriage are beginning to take their toll, but for the sake of her gorgeous son Charlie, she persists in trying to make her marriage work. Meanwhile Drew seems to have other plans, and in one tragic night Drew's lies and Angel's suspicions collide in a tragic accident that will change them all. If you loved the show footballers wives or you just need a deviously sinful and slightly trashy read, this is the book for you. Thoroughly recommended to be enjoyed with wickedly delicious chocolate and a glass of red wine
Guest, 22/09/2009
