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	WEEK 4 - Wednesday 2nd February 2005 THE PROMISE OF HAPPINESS Justin Cartwright Published by Bloomsbury ISBN: 0747577064


		MORE, MORE, MORE!!! Read the reviews of our fourth Book Club title, 'The Promise of Happiness' from our featured Book Group, Richard & Judy, and our celebrity reviewers Richard E Grant and Thelma Barlow, plus find out more about the story and the author >>here


		ABOUT THE BOOK The Promise of Happiness explores what happens to a middle-class family who, on the surface, seem happy and just like any other until their most beloved daughter gets thrown into jail in New York State for art theft, a crime she committed almost unwittingly. The family falls apart and the novel describes how each family member fails to cope in their own particular way. It is a novel of immense power and deep humanity.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Justin was born in South Africa and educated in the US and at Oxford University. He is the author of 7 previous, and prize-winning, novels.

In Every Face I Meet was shortlisted for the Booker Prize, Leading the Cheers won the Whitbread Novel Award and White Lightening was shortlisted for the 2002 Whitbread Novel Award. Justin has also won other awards including a Commonwealth Writers Prize and the South African M-Net Award.

He lives in North London with his wife and, occasionally, his two sons. Although Justin has long been acknowledged in literary circles for his brilliant, prize-winning novels, what is not widely known is how accessible he is, how acute on families and domesticity, on love and lives lived in ‘normal’ times and ‘normal’ places.


		ABOUT THE PUBLISHER Published by Bloomsbury (ISBN 0747577064) Find out more about the books published by Bloomsbury from their website >>here


		RICHARD & JUDY'S BOOK CLUB Find out more about all the other books in the Book Club, including how to win a complete set of all ten books >>here


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	NATIONAL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND
	Imagine not being able to get hold of the book all your friends are saying you must read. Newspapers, magazines and TV shows are telling you it’s one of the best books they’ve ever read, but you can’t read it, let alone express your views or vote for it. Thankfully that is not the case with Richard & Judy’s Best Read! Once again, the National Library for the Blind (NLB) has worked closely alongside Richard & Judy to make sure blind people can take part in the Best Read and is producing the short-listed books in Braille to sit alongside each book club programme. Find out more information on buying or borrowing these books, and more information about NLB here...


	BOOK GROUPS!
	If you're part of a book club or reading group, we'd like to hear what you think about the books in this year's Richard & Judy Book Club. We can't wait to hear what you think of the books so Happy Reading and get in touch here!