The Second Wife (OM) (TPB) - Softcover

Buchan, Elizabeth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0718149874 ISBN 13: 9780718149871

Publisher: Michael Joseph, 2006

Synopsis

The Rules currently governing my life are these ...
Rule Number one: there is no justice.
Rule Number two: contrary to a husband's hopes, a second wife does not have the Karma Sutra tucked into her handbag. It is more likely to be aspirin.
Rule number three: never complain, particularly if you have been instrumental in demonstrating Rule number one.
Rule number four: never serve liver or tofu. It is not clever.

So says Minty Lloyd as she struggles to make her life work as Nathan's second wife. Mother to six year-old twins, sidelined at family gatherings by Nathan's hostile family, ostracised by his friends, she is haunted by the shadow of the glowing, successful Rose - Nathan's first wife. 'The trouble is,' she concludes, 'everything I do is second hand.' Yet, such is curious nature of fate, Minty finds herself united in loss with an unexpected ally - the woman she once betrayed.

Buchan's signature gift for capturing women's daily joys and struggles is beautifully deployed in The Second Wife - an irresistible story of love, grief and renewal that explores that nature of friendship and the bonds that grow strongest when stretched to breaking.

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Review:

[part of a] fabulous array of spoken word material (Vidar Hjardeng THE BOOK MAGAZINE)

Book Description:

The long awaited sequal to REVENGE OF THE MIDDLE-AGED WOMAN. Abridged edition.

About this edition

• Publisher: Michael Joseph
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0718149874
• ISBN 13: 9780718149871
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368