'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 '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.
