Following the great success of Jane Asher’s debut novel The Longing, her second psychological thriller is a compassionate, compelling and beautifully written study of the terrible effect of jealousy on a woman’s life. 
John and Eleanor Hamilton are middle-aged, wealthy, and settled in their comfortable life in Hampshire and London. John didn’t want children, so instead Eleanor used her energies to help run the company and get involved in the local community. So imagine her horror when, one day, she discovers that her husband has led a secret life for twenty years, in the shape of a mistress and a nineteen-year-old daughter – the daughter that she herself never had. 
The jealousy that Eleanor feels is all-consuming, driving her to limits she would never have thought possible. Then John, badly injured in a car crash, becomes a victim of PVS – Persistent Vegetative State. Although he is capable of communicating by the tiniest of signals, he has no quality of life. 
And so arises the ultimate question – and the ultimate opportunity for revenge. Should he live, or should he die? John’s fate hangs in the balance as the three women he deceived and betrayed decide upon the answer.

The Question

Literature & Fiction

ASHER, JANE.

Contemporary

Harpercollins

Following the great success of Jane Asher's debut novel The Longing, her second novel is a compassionate, compelling and beautifully written study of the terrible effect of jealousy on a woman's life. John and Eleanor Hamilton are middle-aged, wealthy, and settled in their comfortable life in Hampshire and London. John didn't want children, so instead Eleanor used her energies to help run the company and get involved in the local community. So imagine her horror when, one day, she discovers that her husband has led a secret life for twenty years, in the shape of a mistress and a nineteen-year-old daughter -- the daughter that she herself never had. The jealousy that Eleanor feels is all-consuming, driving her to limits she would never have thought possible. Then John, badly injured in a car crash, becomes a victim of PVS -- Persistent Vegetative State. Although he is capable of communicating by the tiniest of signals, he has no quality of life. And so arises the ultimate question -- and the ultimate opportunity for revenge. Should he live, or should he die? John's fate hangs in the balance as the three women he deceived and betrayed decide upon the answer.

HarperCollins Publishers, Ltd

Losing It

A man who has everything, a girl who has nothing, and a woman who has to fight to keep what's hers. Everyone has something to lose! Judy Thornton thinks her husband must be losing his mind. How has Charlie's casual friendship with the fat, lonely girl in the local supermarket, become an obsession that turns the mild, bumbling barrister into an unpredictable stranger? Stacey Salton needs to lose half her bodyweight. Until then she can't begin to live, and she'll do anything, and use anyone, to succeed. Suddenly, in the chaos that turns the Thornton family upside-down, it's Judy who has everything to lose! In this compassionate and compelling story no one remains unaffected -- and it takes some surprising revelations to help them see what you have to lose in order to win.

Harpercollins Pb

Keep Your Baby Safe (Penguin Non-fiction)

Penguin Books, Ltd.

Designed to capture Jane Asher's informative TV series, this book is full of easy and affordable projects and ideas for the home and family. It includes Recipes to Impress, Cooking for Special Occasions and Decorating with Flowers.

The Best of Good Living With Jane Asher: Creative Ideas for Your Family and Home

Crafts, Hobbies & Home

Home Improvement & Design

Bbc Pubns

Presented in this book is a range of creative ideas for the celebration of Christmas. The four sections focus on entertaining (including recipes for meals and drinks parties), decorations (for the tree, the mantelpiece and the table), cards and gifts, and cakes.

"Good Living" at Christmas with Jane Asher

Crafts & Hobbies

BBC Books

Everyone has something to lose...for Stacey Salton, checkout girl as SavaMart supermarket, it's half her body-weight. She is fat, lonely and depressed, until a dramatic revelation gives her hope that she can change her life--but at what price? A few moments spent chatting at Stacey's till one evening lead Charles Thornton, mild-mannered barrister and family man, to become inextricably involved in her life. His wife, Judy, and their teenage children are left floundering in the chaos that follows. And as Judy begins to fear that Charlie may be losing his mind, she too finds she needs to lose something--something she has kept secret for many years...

Losing It (Charnwood Library)

Charnwood Pub

'A writer who conveys real emotional power... if Jane Asher were not already famous, this book would make her so' - EXPRESS 'Both sinister and sympathetic, artfully written and powerfully conveyed... confirms Jane Asher's reputation as an intelligent, sensitive and talented writer' - HARPER COLLINS It all starts with a chance remark on the telephone, just a casual conversation, but it leads Eleanor Hamilton to an appalling and deeply disturbing discovery: John, her husband of twenty years, has been leading a double life - a life of unbelievable duplicity. Feelings of jealousy, anger and confusion follow, driving Eleanor to extraordinary limits. Only one thing is clear: she wants revenge, for the mockery John has made of her existence and for the happiness that she has missed. Then fate intervenes in the shape of a terrible accident...

The Question (CH)

Charnwood

The author shares instructions for creating unusual cakes decorated with marzipan and fondant icing to look like a dartboard, television set, Dracula's tomb, Sleeping Beauty, a tennis racket, or a typewriter

Jane Asher's Party Cakes

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Entertaining & Holidays

Olympic Marketing Corp

Silent Nights for You and Your Baby

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Michael, Joseph

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Books by ASHER, JANE.

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The Question

The Question

Losing It

Keep Your Baby Safe (Penguin Non-fiction)

The Best of Good Living With Jane Asher: Creative Ideas for Your Family and Home

"Good Living" at Christmas with Jane Asher

Losing It (Charnwood Library)

The Question (CH)

Jane Asher's Party Cakes

Silent Nights for You and Your Baby