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Wife

By Charlotte Mendelson
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'Crackles with female fire and fury' - The Guardian 'A bravura portrait of a marriage in meltdown' - The Observer 'Fast and furious' - The Sunday Times Discover the bitingly witty new novel from the prize-winning author of The Exhibitionist, Charlotte Mendelson. Dr Penny Cartwright is... Read More
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A brilliantly witty novel by literary star Charlotte Mendelson about the joys of passionate love and those left in its wake when passion curdles.

A beautifully observed novel by literary star Charlotte Mendelson about the joys of passionate love and those left in its wake when passion curdles, told with Charlotte's signature wit and wisdom.

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'Crackles with female fire and fury' - The Guardian

'A bravura portrait of a marriage in meltdown' - The Observer

'Fast and furious' - The Sunday Times

Discover the bitingly witty new novel from the prize-winning author of The Exhibitionist, Charlotte Mendelson.

Dr Penny Cartwright is everything that Zoe Stamper is not: glamorous, sophisticated and openly gay. When they begin a passionate affair, a lifetime of wedded bliss seems within Zoe's grasp. But this is not a love story. It's the story of how love can bring about disaster...

'A terrific panic attack of a novel' - i newspaper

'Lacerating' - Financial Times

'Unbearably brilliant' - Nigella Lawson

'A gift to the reader... Irresistible' - Amy Bloom, bestselling author of In Love

'Compelling' - Glamour

'Truly radical' - The Spectator

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781529052831

Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 01 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Picador

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 25.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 199.0mm

Weight: 264g

Pages: 384

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About the Author

Charlotte Mendelson's previous novel, The Exhibitionist, was longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction and was Novel of the Year 2022 in The Times as well as a book of the year in The Guardian and Good Housekeeping. Her other novels include Almost English, which was longlisted for both the Man Booker and the Women's Prize for Fiction; When We Were Bad, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction and was a book of the year in The Observer, The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The New Statesman and The Spectator; Daughters of Jerusalem, which won both the Somerset Maugham Award and the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize; and Love in Idleness. Wife is her sixth novel.

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