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Life changes fast

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 24 Oct 2005 12:00:00 GMT

The Year of Magical Thinking Joan Didion Fourth Estate, 227pp, �12.99 ISBN 140004314X

Lost innocence. Anne Tyler is as polished as ever, but haven't we been here before? By Lisa Allardice

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:00:00 GMT

The Amateur Marriage Anne Tyler Chatto & Windus, 306pp, �16.99 ISBN 0701177349

Novel of the week

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 07 Apr 2003 12:00:00 GMT

The Lucky Ones Rachel Cusk Fourth Estate, 228pp, �15.99 ISBN 1857029127

The first anorexic

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 12:00:00 GMT

A Wonderful Little Girl: the true story of Sarah Jacob, the Welsh fasting girl Sian Busby Short Books, 157pp, �9.99 ISBN 1904095437

A giant peach

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 17 Feb 2003 12:00:00 GMT

The Man with the Dancing Eyes Sophie Dahl Bloomsbury, 75pp, �9.99 ISBN 0747563721

Penetrating sanity

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 11 Nov 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Slipstream: a memoir Elizabeth Jane Howard Macmillan, 493pp, �20 ISBN 0333903498

Novel of the week

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 19 Aug 2002 12:00:00 GMT

The Lovely Bones Alice Sebold Picador, 336pp, �12.99 ISBN 0330485377

Puppy love

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 22 Jul 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Twelve Nick McDonell Atlantic Books, 244pp, �9.99 ISBN 1843540711

Lisa Allardice on DIY paternity testing

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 27 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT

Who's your daddy? These days, men are pulling their hair out to discover the truth reports Lisa Allardice

Lisa Allardice on the fuss about the opera babes

Lisa Allardice — Mon, 20 May 2002 12:00:00 GMT

In an aesthetic landscape of dirty knickers, outraged stuffiness creates the greatest stir