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Issue Details: First known date: 2023... 2023 Without Further Ado
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''Sigh no more, ladies, sigh no more. Men were deceivers ever ...'

'Since she was sixteen, Willa's curious touchstone in life and work has been the 1993 film Much Ado About Nothing . She's always looking for The Feeling, the stirring in her heart - and loins - that she gets when watching the opening scenes. Now she's navigating her mid-thirties, her career as a romance publisher in an unusual family business, and her determination to remain child-free, while quietly holding out for a love as big as Beatrice and Benedick's.

'But when relationships start to get complicated between Willa, her cousin Imogen and the four sons of the family she works for, and the events of her own life begin to mirror the plot of her beloved comedy, Willa must consider whether there is such a thing as too much ado.

'A delightfully Shakespearean romantic comedy about modern love, women's roles and how the films and stories we grow up with shape us.' (Publication summary) 

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Other Formats

  • Large print.
  • Dyslexic edition.
  • Braille.

Works about this Work

Jessica Dettmann : Without Further Ado Sally Nimon , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2023;

— Review of Without Further Ado Jessica Dettmann , 2023 single work novel
'Jessica Dettmann’s third novel reinvents a classic tale of romantic complications to enjoyable effect.'
Jessica Dettmann : Without Further Ado Sally Nimon , 2023 single work review
— Appears in: The Newtown Review of Books , November 2023;

— Review of Without Further Ado Jessica Dettmann , 2023 single work novel
'Jessica Dettmann’s third novel reinvents a classic tale of romantic complications to enjoyable effect.'
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