![]() ![]() ![]() She conveniently has her princess survive the crash in Paris only to "drown" during a solo swim. But while the premise might seem a little far-fetched, the execution is often engaging and psychologically perceptive, if not exactly incisive.Īli has thought through the practicalities of how a princess might make herself disappear and the struggle she might have adjusting to what for her is anything but a normal life. Though Diana is never actually named, in all other respects it's very clear about whom Ali is writing. As the wife of a member of the British royal family, she faked her own death and left her two young sons behind for ever, in order to flee a life she found increasingly intolerable. But Lydia once inhabited a very different world. M onica Ali's third novel is an intriguing exercise in what-if? Set in small-town America, the main character, Lydia, lives an almost determinedly quiet life, working in an animal shelter, dating a dull but pleasant man called Carson and occasionally sharing a drink with a group of friends. ![]()
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