![]() ![]() The new book The Patchwork Marriage is about a woman who marries a man who already has children. I will make them love me and we will create, I will create, this happy family.'" – Jane Green on the research for The Patchwork Marriage. She thinks, 'I'm a good person, and all these children need is enough love and kindness and they will love me. It was the woman who marries the man with children and the children don't like her. ![]() There was one particular dynamic that I found fascinating and I kept coming across it. "I did a lot of reading and anonymous lurking on various step-parenting forums. In her latest offering, Green writes about a woman, Andi, who finally marries her dream man but struggles to cope when one of his two daughters from a previous marriage is nothing but difficult and hostile towards her and tries very hard to break up their marriage. ![]() The author, who now lives in the US with her husband, children and numerous pets – which include two cats, chickens and now two dogs – was one of the pioneering authors for the chick-lit genre back in the 1990s with books like Straight Talking and Jemima J. The bestselling author was over here recently to promote the book, catch up with old friends and generally reacquaint herself with her native England. Jane Green says she is 'having a really lovely time' when I talk to her about her new book The Patchwork Marriage and how her UK book tour is going. ![]()
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