Synopses & Reviews
When Viking published Elizabeth Buchan's
New York Times bestseller
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, American women saw themselves mirrored in its pages with unique empathy, sophistication, and storytelling flair. It was more than a finely written and irresistible read. It opened up the unsuspected vista of a newer, better than ever phase of life waiting for them. The same readersand many more, because the word about Buchan has gotten outwill devour
The Good Wife Strikes Back.
Forty-eight-year-old Fanny Savage has a nineteen-year recordearned with patience, devotion, and contentmentas the perfect wife to an ambitious, idealistic politician. Life is a whirlwind of public engagements and unquestioning loyalty to the party, to keeping up appearances, and to her husband. Her job description is to look good and remain silent whatever the cost. But as much as she loves her husband and their teenage daughter, Fanny senses within herself a creeping restlessness. Increasingly she feels the fragility of happiness and the part of her she had buriedas the brilliant partner in her father's Italian winerybegins to resurface. She has given two decades of her life to being the Good Wifewas it worth it, after all? Could it be time for a trip back to Italy? Could it be time for . . . a change?
Review
"Buchan exposes the obstinacy of old-fashioned expectations within a 'modern' marriage, and does so with compassion and humor." Booklist
Review
"Buchan's knack for seamlessly weaving the past and the present, slowly exposing Fanny's growing restlessness and creeping irritation with the status quo, is visceral and on the mark." USA Today
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"Buchan again agreeably celebrates a middle-aged woman's use of guile and smartness to score subtle points and victories in taking back her life from a demanding husband....Another winner." Kirkus Reviews
Synopsis
From the New York Times bestselling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman comes a compulsively readable, insightful novel about the true meaning of marriage.
Synopsis
Forty-eight-year-old Fanny Savage has a nineteen-year record earned with patience, devotion, and contentment as the perfect wife to an ambitious, idealistic politician. Life is a whirlwind of public engagements and unquestioning loyalty to the party, to keeping up appearances, and to her husband. Her job description is to look good and remain silent whatever the cost. But as much as she loves her husband and their teenage daughter, Fanny senses within herself a creeping restlessness. Increasingly she feels the fragility of happiness and the part of her she had buried as the brilliant partner in her father's Italian winery begins to resurface. She has given two decades of her life to being the Good Wife was it worth it, after all? Could it be time for a trip back to Italy? Could it be time for...a change?
Synopsis
Elizabeth Buchan’s New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman was hailed as “a thoughtful, intelligent, funny, coming-of-middle-age story” by The Boston Globe. Now she’s back with another wise and entertaining novel about a woman who veers off the beaten path—and finds much more than she bargained for. After nineteen years of being the perfect wife to an ambitious politician, Fanny Savage is restless. Tired of merely keeping quiet and looking good at public engagements, she remembers the career she abandoned and the life she left behind as a successful partner in her father’s Italian wine business. She has devoted two decades to being the Good Wife. Was it worth it after all? Could it be time for a trip back to Italy—to the pleasures of sun, wine, and food? Could it be time for . . . a change?
About the Author
Elizabeth Buchan is the author of several highly acclaimed and bestselling books of fiction, including the bestselling Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, The Good Wife Strikes Back, Everything She Thought She Wanted, and Consider the Lily.