Ordinary people. Evans D.

“ordinary people” are two married couples living in London: Michael and Melissa, Damien and Stephanie. Both couples experience a turning point: either their family life will gain a second wind, or crash. After the birth of a second child, Melissa is afraid that her journalistic career will end and she will turn into a housewife. Michael lacks their relations of the former passion, and he begins to change Melissa.

Stephanie is happy with his wife’s role, the mother of three children and the mistress of a cozy house, but she is disturbed by the psychological state of her husband - Damien is difficult to experience the death of her father and considers his own The life of the failed.

The book of the rising star of British literature Diana Evans is a deep and subtle study of the evolution of family relations: how they are affected by the birth of children, professional life, changes in the intimate sphere, personal loss and age.