'A quietly dramatic dissection of the way past loves can haunt the present' -- The Daily Telegraph 20030111 'MY LOVER'S LOVER is a beautiful, lyrical, haunting tale of a girlfriend obsessed by her lover's feelings towards the woman who came before her' -- Daily Express 20021228 '!an emotional whirlwind, all passionate yearnings, raw pain and messy truths; powerful in nailing the complications of love without missing it out the power of the emotions involved' -- The Scotsman 20030111 'Beautifully written' -- Heat 20030125 'This Rebecca-esque ghost story puts at its heart the gnawing insecurities that any act of intimacy soon invites' -- The Independent 20030111 'O'Farrell's writing has a crystalline precision of idiom - there isn't one image that fails to ignite recognition' -- Independent on Sunday 20030119 'An intense, unnerving and passionate story of betrayal, loss and love in the past and present' -- Sunday Mirror 20030119 'O'Farrell has honourably equalled the success of her first novel, After You'd Gone, with a story that is certainly as absorbing - and just as beautifully written' -- Sunday Express 20021229

Maggie O'Farrell was born in Northern Ireland in 1972, and grew up in Wales and Scotland. She now lives in London. Her debut novel, AFTER YOU'D GONE, was published to international acclaim, and won a Betty Trask Award. Maggie was picked out by the Independent on Sunday as one of Britain's 20 most promising writers under 30.