A sinfully enjoyable read! I absolutely LOVED this book.

The way the 3 ladies meet is creative and clever and the unravelling of their secrets and lives is tantalising. It is a pure joy getting to know these ladies and be taken on their journeys and an even bigger joy watching their friendship blossom.

I couldn't put this down and loved every page. Frances Garrood writes with humour, wit and sensitivity. A really superb read!

Women Behaving Badly by Frances Garrood was first published as Basic Theology for Fallen Women in 2012. It details a year in the lives of three very different women. These women are brought together as part of a church program by the name of Basic Theology. However, the program’s true purpose is to teach adulterers how to stop and return to their marriages and good faith.

The program has a good deal of success and shortly there are only three women left: Gabs (the high end escort), Alice (the single mother), and Marvis (the caring daughter with her heart on her sleeve). This unlikely trio become friends when the Basic Theology program ends.

This book was a very unique read. I connected with each of the three main in very different ways. It was awesome to see how these three women changed the lives of one another.

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A quirky, compelling story! Women Behaving Badly follows three women over the course of a year as they form a support group with a priest. It's zany, irrreverant and just plain fun!

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This story reminds me a little of what the television show "The Golden Girls" might have been like if the ages were a little younger. There were moments of laughs and stress but all with the support of ill matched friends. Life is truly just a journey and we need always to surround ourselves with those who love us unconditionally and are there for us when we fall.

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What a delightful and unexpected story this is. The book is funny, light-hearted and very enjoyable. 3 women are brought together through an unexpected support group, put together by the Catholic Church. A group that is given a name that makes it sound like a bible study. It is meant to have sinners return to the ways of the Lord. For Gabs, Mavis, and Alice, it did no such thing. It did bring together 3 very different women in a way no one expected... least of all them. It also changed all of their lives. The characters were loveable and you will want to know what happens to them, until the book reaches its conclusion... and possibly beyond. Maybe there could be a sequel.

Behaving Badly by Frances Garrood first published as Basic Theology for Fallen Women in 2012, is a most original tale of three very different women. Alice, an early forties journalist and single mother, Mavis., a fifty-something spinster who cares for her aged mother and works at a haberdashery, and Gabs, a young health care worker with the elderly and self described tart, seemingly have absolutely nothing in common.

The three women first met in an archdiocese program given the misleading name of Basic Theology. The program was actually set up to encourage adulterers to shun their ways and return to their marriages and the tenants of their religion. Alice and Mavis have both been in long term relationships with married men. Gabs has a lucrative sideline of escort of the role playing kind.

The program had a large degree of success, leaving only these three women in the group. When the priest in charge feels he can do no more, they set forth to be their own little group inasmuch as they find great solace in having people they can openly talk to about their lives and relationships. Although so vastly different, these women become close and reliable friends.

This story encompasses the evolution of their lives, their meetings, and those people closest to them. For Alice it is her son and his ne’er do well father Trot, who is involved peripherally in his son’s life and is a struggling artist. Mavis’s aging mother Maudie is a loving albeit forgetful lady who touches each one’s heart and will make you smile. And Gabs has her sister Steph and all the things her life brings in to play as well as interesting relationships with clients and employers alike.

Through their loves, losses, errors, and trials, these ladies prove to be more family than friend. With surprising twists and humor that will bring laugh out loud responses, I truly enjoyed this very unique story. I have never read anything like it before and I definitely recommend this book!

A delightful summer read. Love the quirkiness of this author's style - tongue in cheek and somewhat farfetched though the storyline is! Brimming with larger than life characters and sometimes absurd scenarios, this is definitely a fun, feel-good book, perfect to pack in the suitcase or to just while away a sunny afternoon.

A fun romp! It tells the story of 3 women in basically a group for people with sexual problems. It is an interesting book that is recommend it for your summer reading.

This book tells the story of three very different women over a year's time. The people in their life and how the relationships change over time. It's really interesting and thought provoking the changes and choices they make. Some parts make you laugh and others make you sad. Definitely a book you want to take your time reading.

This book is about three women that are put in a support group together by their priest to help them manage their unique situations appropriately. The author's writing allowed me to get to know each of the women, Gabs, Alice, and Mavis, and become invested in each of their journeys. The bond these women built with each other due to their common situations was realistic.