The Ex-wife's Survival Guide - Couverture rigide

Holt, Debby

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1846175143 ISBN 13 : 9781846175145

Editeur : Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd, 2006

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Right before Sarah Stagg's teenage sons leave the nest, her husband, Andrew, the star of their local dramatic club, leaves her for his twentysomething leading lady, Hyacinth. Sarah, a freelance artist, quickly discovers that the path of a discarded wife is strewn with hazards and humiliations. Her neighbors and friends treat her like she has the plague. And her soon-to-be-ex wants to sell the house she's spent years turning into her dream home.

Her best friend Miriam offers one concrete piece of advice: Sarah should keep busy -- and with Andrew and Hyacinth on a sabbatical from their acting group, what better distraction than the theater? To Sarah's horror, she is promptly given the starring role intended for Hyacinth. She wonders if she should write a survival guide for ex-wives. Her first chapter could be titled "How to Invite Utter Humiliation to Your Life in Front of an Entire Town and Watch Your Heartbreak Magically Melt Away." Then Sarah runs into the biggest crush of her youth. Now Sarah has more -- better -- advice to add to the list: Confront your past. Revel in the present. Be open to romance. But despite her new love interest, Sarah wonders if she's actually dealing or just having fun dreaming up sage words for women scorned. Will she ever truly understand what it means to live wisely and independently?

Quatrième de couverture

'You've been a great friend to me as well as a wife - and I hope we'll always be friends.'
Sarah Stagg thought she had it all: a lovely husband, twin teenage sons, a cottage in the country. Then her husband, a keen amateur thespian, leaves her for his leading lady, her sons go off to India, and for the first time in twenty years, Sarah is very alone and very single.
The path of a discarded wife is strewn with hazards and humiliations - and Sarah needs to acquire skills for survival . . . fast!
Help (and hindrance) is at hand in the form of well-meaning neighbours, a psychopathic mongrel, an unassuming plumber - and an unwelcome role as Mrs De Winter in the forthcoming Ambercross Players' production of Rebecca.
Warm, witty and utterly beguiling, this sharply observed comedy of (anything but) peaceful village life will appeal to anyone who has lost the love of their life and had to start over again.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Ulverscroft Large Print Books Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1846175143
• ISBN 13: 9781846175145
• Reliure: Relié
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 440
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible