Gemma Bovery

Gemma is the bored, pretty second wife of Charlie Bovery, the reluctant stepmother of his children and the bete-noire of his ex-wife.

Gemma's sudden windfall and distaste for London take them across the Channel to Normandy, where the charms of French country living soon wear off.

Is it a coincidence that Gemma Bovery has a name rather like Flaubert's notorious heroine?

Is it by chance that, like Madame Bovary, Gemma is bored, adulterous and a bad credit risk? "From the Trade Paperback edition."