My Husband's Sweethearts - A Novel

Zusatztext "Rendered with humor and heart."— People “Each character in this wry and beguiling book has a fresh take on love: how it tricks and blindsides us! makes us crazy! elated! sad; how we can’t stop giving it; how it ennobles our lives. As Lucy and her husband’s sweethearts reluctantly form a family as unlikely as it is beautiful! I found myself falling—falling hard—for every single one of them.”—Marisa de los Santos! New York Times bestselling author of Love Walked In and Belong to Me “In this spirited debut! Asher creates an unconventional family…As each character's individual story is revealed! the reader is further enveloped by this humorous yet touching.” — Booklist “Bridget Asher’s pitch-perfect ear for language! sly wit! and compassionate understanding of what it is to be human and fallible make this novel an undiluted joy to read. My Husband’s Sweethearts is a whip-smart! tender! and eccentric tale that chronicles all the ways forgiveness can come to us. Don’t miss this ride.”—Joshilyn Jackson! bestselling author of gods in Alabama and Between! Georgia “The narrator of this wry and thoughtful novel observes her world with snappy! unsentimental eyes! and yet she finds a way to soothe every broken heart around her—including her own—with genuine tenderness.”—Katherine Center! author of The Bright Side of Disaster "A gem of a story about love in its various forms! laced with biting wit and poignant moments.... Once you start! you won't be able to put it down."— Newark Star-Ledger “Quirky and quick-moving…. Readers will probably fall in love with My Husband’s Sweethearts .”—Associated Press “A parade of memorable women keep the pages turning.”— Publishers Weekly “Witty.”— Kirkus Reviews Informationen zum Autor Bridget Asher is the author of My Husband's Sweethearts. She lives on the Florida panhandle with her husband, who is lovable, sweet, and true of heart?and has given her no reason to inquire about his former sweethearts. Klappentext When Lucy Shoreman discovered that her charming! cheating husband was dying! she came home! opened up his little black book! and decided she wasn't going through this alone. After all! Artie's sweethearts were there for the good times—is it fair that Lucy should have to manage the hard times herself? So she dials up the women and invites them for one last visit! never expecting any of them will actually show up. But when they do! along with a young man who may be Artie's long-lost son! it's only the first of many surprises in store. Filled with heart! humor! and wisdom! Bridget Asher's unforgettable novel turns a fresh eye on the joys and catastrophes of marriage! family! kindred friendships between women—and the sort of forgiveness that can change one's entire life in the most unexpected and extraordinary ways. Leseprobe Chapter One Don't Try to Define Love Unless You Need a Lesson in Futility Careening past airline counters toward the security check-in, I'm explaining love and its various forms of failure to Lindsay, my assistant. Amid the hive of travelers—retirees in Bermuda shorts, cats in carry-on boxes perforated with air holes, hassled corporate stiffs—I find myself in the middle of a grand oration on love with a liberal dose of rationalizations. I've fallen in love with lovable cheats. I've adored the wrong men for the wrong reasons. I'm culpable. I've suffered an unruly heart and more than my share of prolonged bouts of poor judgment. I have lacked some basics in the area of control. For example: I had no control over the fact that I fell in love with Artie Shoreman—a man eighteen years my senior. I had no control over the fact that I am still in love with him even after I found out, in one fell swoop, that he had three affairs during our four...

Product details

• Authors: Bridget Asher
• Publisher: Bantam Books USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.05.2009
• EAN: 9780385341905
• ISBN: 978-0-385-34190-5
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 137 mm x 208 mm x 17 mm