'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 *Featured in NPR's 'Books We Love 2025' List* Susan 'Zuzu' Braeburn is almost
forty. She has the life she's always dreamed of - a beautiful house a child a successful
partner. But something between her and Agnes has been off for a long time and she can't help
but wonder 'what if'. 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 Zuzu's mind
become too loud to ignore. She grapples with the choices she's made and the knowledge that she
doesn't have infinite time to make changes in her life. The Other Wife speaks to unfulfilled
desires and the euphoric nostalgia that's particular to the beginning of middle age it is
heartfelt and daring in its reckoning with the quest for joy.
