The Story
'Tender, wise, and thoroughly compelling' R.O. Kwon
'A searing, beautiful book' KILEY REID
'Marvelous' THE WASHINGTON POST
'Humour! Verve! Soul! This novel has it all' EMMA COPLEY EISENBERG
Susan āZuzuā Braeburn is almost forty. She has the life sheās always dreamed of ā a beautiful house, a child, a successful partner. But something between her and Agnes has been off for a long time, and she canāt help but wonder āwhat ifā.
What if she had chosen to live with her father instead of her mother after their divorce? To pursue art over law? And, most importantly, to pursue her feelings for her male best friend from college, Cash, instead of marrying Agnes?
When an unexpected loss takes her back to her hometown, over a single wintery weekend, the questions in Zuzuās mind become too loud to ignore. She grapples with the choices sheās made and the knowledge that she doesnāt have infinite time to make changes in her life
The Other Wife speaks to unfulfilled desires and the euphoric nostalgia thatās particular to the beginning of middle age; it is heartfelt and daring in its reckoning with the quest for joy.
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'Tender, wise, and thoroughly compelling' R.O. Kwon
'A searing, beautiful book' KILEY REID
'Marvelous' THE WASHINGTON POST
'Humour! Verve! Soul! This novel has it all' EMMA COPLEY EISENBERG
Susan āZuzuā Braeburn is almost forty. She has the life sheās always dreamed of ā a beautiful house, a child, a successful partner. But something between her and Agnes has been off for a long time, and she canāt help but wonder āwhat ifā.
What if she had chosen to live with her father instead of her mother after their divorce? To pursue art over law? And, most importantly, to pursue her feelings for her male best friend from college, Cash, instead of marrying Agnes?
When an unexpected loss takes her back to her hometown, over a single wintery weekend, the questions in Zuzuās mind become too loud to ignore. She grapples with the choices sheās made and the knowledge that she doesnāt have infinite time to make changes in her life
The Other Wife speaks to unfulfilled desires and the euphoric nostalgia thatās particular to the beginning of middle age; it is heartfelt and daring in its reckoning with the quest for joy.
