My Husband - A Novel

A BELLETRIST BOOK CLUB PICK In this suspenseful and darkly funny debut novel, a sophisticated French woman spends her life obsessing over her perfect husband--but can their marriage survive her passionate love? Winner of France''s First Novel Prize - Named a Best Book of the Summer by Vogue - theSkimm - Oprah Daily - The Millions At forty years old, she has an enviable life: a successful career, stunning looks, a beautiful house in the suburbs, two healthy children, and most importantly, an ideal husband, whose wealthy background allows her to transcend her own social class. After fifteen years together, she is still besotted with him. But she''s never quite sure that her passion is reciprocated. Determined to keep their relationship perfect, she meticulously prepares for every encounter they have, always taking care to make her actions seem effortless. She watches him attentively, testing him to make sure that he still loves her just as much as he did when they first met. Until one day she realizes she may have gone too far . . . "Fans of Caroline Kepnes'' You or Gillian Flynn will find My Husband to be a new, satisfying, and unnerving take on the relationship-suspense genre." -- Booklist (starred review)

About the author

Maud Ventura lives in Paris. She leads the podcast division of one of France’s major radio stations and speaks fluent English. My Husband is her first novel.
Emma Ramadan (translator) is the recipient of the PEN Translation Prize, the Albertine Prize, an NEA Fellowship, and a Fulbright Scholarship. Her translations include Barbara Molinard’s Panics, Virginie Despentes’s Pretty Things, and Abdellah Taïa’s A Country for Dying. She lives in Brooklyn.

Product details

• Authors: Maud Ventura
• Assisted by: Emma Ramadan (Translation), Ramadan Emma (Translation)
• Publisher: Harper Collins Usa
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.06.2024
• EAN: 9780063274839
• ISBN: 978-0-06-327483-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Narrative theme: Interior life, Family life fiction, Psychological thriller, Narrative theme: Love and relationships, FICTION: Thrillers / Suspense, FICTION: Family Life / Marriage & Divorce, FICTION: Thrillers / Psychological, FICTION: Psychological, LITERATURE: LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION, FICTION: World Literature / France / 21st Century