num_pages: 439
description: At the first of every month, when the office has reached its pinnacle of hysteria, Maggie, Roxanne and Candice meet at London's swankiest bar for an evening of cocktails and gossip.Here, they chat about what's new in their lives and what's new at The Londoner, the glossy fashion magazine where they all work. But beneath the girl talk and the laughter, each of the three has something to High-achiever Maggie is pregnant, and terrified at the prospect of becoming a mother; glamorous Roxanne is losing hope that her secret lover will leave his wife; and kindhearted Candice cannot escape the guilty secret that has pursued her since childhood.When a chance encounter at the cocktail bar sets in motion an extraordinary chain of events, their lives quickly spin out of control and their friendship is stretched to the limit.Suddenly, Maggie, Roxanne and Candice must face their fears and troubles alone, and it is only a matter of time before one of them snaps...In Cocktails For Three, Madeleine Wickham combines her trademark dark humor with remarkable insight to create an edgy, romantic Madeleine Wickham was born in London in 1969. She was educated at King's Colllege and wrote her first novel, The Tennis Party, while working as a financial journalist.Since then she has written five more novels, including A Desirable Residence and The Gatecrasher.She lives in Surrey with her husband and two sons.
language: English
title: Cocktails for Three
titlecomplete: Cocktails for Three
characters: Maggie Phillips, Roxanne Miller, Candice Brewin
genres: Fiction, British Literature, Humor, Romance, Adult, Chick Lit, Contemporary, Adult Fiction, Contemporary Romance, Womens Fiction
ratings_count: 39219
places: England
publisher: Thorndike Pr