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The Wives

By: Lauren Weisberger
Narrated by: Laura Benanti
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 Perfect marriages. Perfect neighbours. Perfect lies.

Everyone is guarding a secret in this picture-perfect town.

When Karolina Hartwell is arrested driving her son home, the headlines don’t tell the full story. It seems nothing will stand in the way of her husband Graham’s political ambition – not even his wife.

Miriam Kagan is convinced her husband Paul is hiding something. But if she digs too deeply, she’s afraid of what might tumble out of the closet.

Emily Charlton is new to Greenwich, but she soon discovers this is a small town built on big lies. And sometimes it takes an outsider to draw them out . . .

*Published in the USA as When Life Gives You Lululemons*

Everyone is talking about The Wives:

‘Wildly entertaining’ Evening Standard

‘Feisty, funny and dishes up glamour and scandal in spades. Just what I want for my poolside read’, Adele Parks for Glamour

‘Lauren Weisberger has the sharpest, wittiest eye . . . I love her books’ Sunday Times bestseller Jenny Colgan

‘Expect gossip, glamour and lashings of female solidarity’ Metro

‘Entertaining, sexy and laugh-out-loud funny’ Greer Hendricks & Sarah Pekkanen, New York Times bestselling authors of The Wife Between Us

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Critic reviews

‘Feisty, funny and dishes up glamour and scandal in spades. Just what I want for my poolside read’, Adele Parks for Glamour

‘The Wives, Weisberger’s seventh novel, is among her best . . . real depth beneath its shiny surface’ Independent

‘Wildly entertaining’ Evening Standard

‘I thoroughly enjoyed this. Real Housewives meets The Good Wife’ Margaret Madden, Sunday Independent

‘Entertaining, sexy and laugh-out-loud funny’ Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen, bestselling authors of The Wife Between Us

‘Lauren Weisberger has the sharpest, wittiest eye and always knows her subjects inside out’ Jenny Colgan
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this was my first audio book and I really enjoyed it, great story, enjoyed the swearing too!!!

enjoyable book

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I enjoyed listening to this while I cleaned and did the dishes. Light and fluffy fun!

Trashy fun

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This was a nice easy listen. If you want a chicklet for a weekend away it's perfect.

A nice easy book.

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Quite a bland 2D depiction of women. Very weight obsessed and baby obsessed, and not much more.

It was "fine"

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Having spotted that this had been released, I've binge listened to Revenge Wears Prada, followed by this one. I'm a huge fan of the original and so was keen to discover what had been occurring through the years and was not at all disappointed. The narration was great as was the story. I found myself plugging in as much as I could. Not only when walking my dogs, which is usually when I listen to a book rather than read one, but also while shopping, cleaning, gardening or whatever I was doing as I was hooked from start to finish. I never post spoilers but if you are a fan of Lauren Weisberger or of Devil Wears Prada, this book does not disappoint. I did have a few odd looks on occasion due to my reactions while out in public listening, but it was most definitely worth it.

From New York to the Burbs and doesn't disappoint

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