The Wives

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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

Most relevant

....what happened to Emily? She’s English but the narrator has given her a US accent. This is a small detail but it’s an important aspect of her character.
Other than that the book was enjoyable - a fun and entertaining novel.