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Wife in the North

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By Judith O’Reilly

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On Sale
Jun 17, 2009
Page Count
352 pages
Publisher
PublicAffairs
ISBN-13
9780786749485

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$9.99

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ebook

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When Judith O’Reilly, a successful journalist and mother of three, agreed to leave London for a remote northern outpost, she made a deal with her husband that the move was a test-run to weigh the benefits of country living. In the rugged landscape of Northumberland County, O’Reilly swapped her high heels for rubber boots and life-long friends for cows, sheep, and strange neighbors.

In this tremendously funny and acutely observed memoir, O’Reilly must navigate the challenges and rewards of motherhood, marriage, and family as she searches for her own true north in an alien landscape. Her intrepid foray into the unknown is at once a hilarious, fish-out-of-water story and a poignant reflection on the modern woman’s dilemma of striking the right balance between career and family.

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Judith O’Reilly

About the Author

Judith O’Reilly was the education correspondent for the Sunday Times of London, where she also reported on politics and news, and worked undercover on education and social and criminal justice investigations. She is a former political producer for ITV’s Channel 4 News and BBC2’s Newsnight. A freelance journalist, she started her blog http://www.wifeinthenorth.com in 2006. She lives in England.

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