A poignant and moving novel from a bestselling Scottish author whose writing is deeply evocative and thoughtful
Isla Dewar was born in Edinburgh. She wrote articles for magazines and newspapers for many years before she wrote her first novel, KEEPING UP WITH MAGDA, in 1995. She lives in Fife with her husband, a cartoonist; they have two sons.
"Isla Dewar writes with heartbreaking honesty and genuine
compassion... Dewar's Megs is a survivor who had me rooting for her
from page one."-Carrie Karasyov, author of THE INFIDELITY PACT on
"Giving Up On Ordinary"
"Isla Dewar is a warm-hearted and gifted storyteller. GIVING UP ON
ORDINARY will make you laugh, cry, and fall in love with her
characters."-Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of PAY IT
FORWARD, CHASING WINDMILLS and LOVE IN THE PRESENT TENSEon "Giving
Up On Ordinary""Dewar's gift is to pull you into the minutiae of
people's lives...few writers are so good at making the reader
empathize." --Scotland on Sunday on "Giving Up On
Ordinary""Crackling with wit, and shot through with sharp
observations." --"Woman & Home" on "Giving Up On Ordinary"
"Dewar is an accessible storyteller with a wry sense of the comic."
---"Kirkus Reviews"
"Move over Maeve Binchy: there's a new writer on the block."
---"The Roanoke Times
""Dewar's funny, tragic, warm-hearted, life-af?r
"Dewar is an accessible storyteller with a wry sense of the comic."
---"Kirkus Reviews" "Move over Maeve Binchy: there's a new writer
on the block." ---"The Roanoke Times ""Dewar's funny, tragic,
warm-hearted, life-af?rming story is guaranteed to hold readers
spellbound. Superb women's ?ction." ---"Booklist" (starred review)
on "Dancing in a Distant Place""Fans of Maeve Binchy may enjoy
Dewar's perceptive omniscient guidance through the cozy Scottish
world of these likeable, ?awed characters." ---"Publishers Weekly"
on "Dancing in a Distant Place""A fabulous family drama." ---"The
Midwest Book Review" on "Dancing in a Distant Place""Explosively
funny." ---"Scotland"" on Sunday "on "Giving Up On
Ordinary""Crackling with wit, and shot through with sharp
observations." ---"Woman & Home "on "Giving Up On Ordinary""A warm,
witty slice of modern life . . . readers will find plenty to laugh
about, cry over, and enjoy in Dewar's elegantly written family
saga."---"Booklist" on "Secrets of a Family Album"
"Isla Dewar writes with heartbreaking honesty and genuine compassion... Dewar's Megs is a survivor who had me rooting for her from page one."-Carrie Karasyov, author of THE INFIDELITY PACT on "Giving Up On Ordinary""Isla Dewar is a warm-hearted and gifted storyteller. GIVING UP ON ORDINARY will make you laugh, cry, and fall in love with her characters."-Catherine Ryan Hyde, bestselling author of PAY IT FORWARD, CHASING WINDMILLS and LOVE IN THE PRESENT TENSEon "Giving Up On Ordinary""Dewar's gift is to pull you into the minutiae of people's lives...few writers are so good at making the reader empathize." --Scotland on Sunday on "Giving Up On Ordinary""Crackling with wit, and shot through with sharp observations." --"Woman & Home" on "Giving Up On Ordinary""Dewar is an accessible storyteller with a wry sense of the comic." ---"Kirkus Reviews""Move over Maeve Binchy: there's a new writer on the block." ---"The Roanoke Times ""Dewar's funny, tragic, warm-hearted, life-af?r
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