Wife
The Latest Novel From 'A Master at Family Drama' The Times
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Pan Macmillan
Published:8th Aug '24
£18.99
This title is due to be published on 8th August, and will be despatched as soon as possible.
'A master at family drama' – The Times
'One of the funniest writers in Britain' – The Guardian
Set in the world of London academia, both past and present, Wife by Charlotte Mendelson is heart-breaking and funny, profound and gripping, as it takes the reader from the end of a relationship to its beginning, and back again.
When Zoe moves in with Penny, their relationship looks perfect; after all, everyone wants a wife. But this is the story of how love can become a disaster . . .
Zoe Stamper, junior researcher in Ancient Greek Tragedy, meets fellow academic Dr Penny Cartwright at a faculty flute recital. Dr Cartwright seems impossibly glamorous to Zoe, who is, after all, several rungs down the academic pecking order - and a nervous ingénue as far as Penny’s sophisticated circle is concerned. But Penny leaves Zoe a cryptic note, and a passionate affair ensues . . .
Once Penny confesses all to her live-in lover, Justine, their happiness seems assured. But there is something else Penny needs as badly in her life as Zoe’s adoration, and thus the beginning of their affair might also have signalled its end . . .
[A] devastating treat of a novel: funny, furious, dark and delicious -- Sarah Waters, bestselling author of Fingersmith, on The Exhibitionist
A delicious, heartbreaking family snapshot . . . Fabulously written and utterly compelling -- Marian Keyes, bestselling author of Grown Ups, on The Exhibitionist
It takes the most ferocious intelligence, skill and a deep reservoir of sadness to write a novel as funny as this. I adored it -- Meg Mason, bestselling author of Sorrow and Bliss, on The Exhibitionist
One of the funniest writers in Britain . . . A precision of observation that made me laugh frequently and smile when I wasn’t laughing -- The Guardian on The Exhibitionist
Mendelson is a master at family drama . . . Exhilarating -- The Times on The Exhibtionist
Exotic, magnificent and just a little bit sinister . . . Almost English has been longlisted for this year’s Booker; it deserves to win for the quality of the writing alone -- The Observer on Almost English
Fast-paced and engaging . . . brilliant . . . touching and true -- Financial Times on When We Were Bad
This magnificently peppery and stylishly written book summons up with enormous vigour a wholly accurate picture of the face that is life in a troubled academic family. It is utterly engrossing, very funny and wonderfully bitchy -- The Sunday Timeson Daughters of Jerusalem
ISBN: 9781529052817
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368 pages