- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd (22 Jun 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0718148398
- ISBN-13: 978-0718148393
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14.4 x 3.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (20 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 793,184 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'[part of a] fabulous array of spoken word material' (Vidar Hjardeng THE BOOK MAGAZINE )
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The Rules currently governing my life are these. Rule Number one: there is no justice. Rule Number two: contrary to a husband's hopes, a second wife does not have the Karma Sutra tucked into her handbag. It is more likely to be aspirin. Rule number three: never complain, particularly if you have been instrumental in demonstrating Rule number one. Rule number four: never serve liver or tofu. It is not clever. So says Minty Lloyd as she struggles to make her life work as Nathan's second wife. Mother to six year-old twins, sidelined at family gatherings by Nathan's hostile family, ostracised by his friends, she is haunted by the shadow of the glowing, successful Rose Nathan's first wife. The trouble is, 'she concludes, everything I do is second hand.' Yet, such is curious nature of fate, Minty finds herself united in loss with an unexpected ally the woman she once betrayed. Buchan's signature gift for capturing women's daily joys and struggles is beautifully deployed in "The Second Wife", an irresistible story of love, grief and renewal that explores that nature of friendship and the bonds that grow strongest when stretched to breaking.
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
The Second Wife - the sequel,
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This review is from: The Second Wife (Paperback)
This book starts from where E Buchan's bestseller,'Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman' finishes.
The book tells what happens to Minty (the main character) and Nathan, when his long-standing marriage to Rose has ended. Elizabeth Buchan writes in an easily readable style about the problems which beset the new couple and their new family of twin boys. In the previous book Minty seemed to hold all the Aces,leaving Rose,(Nathan's wife) looking lost,middle-aged and insecure. In 'The Second Wife', the tables have turned - Rose successfully holds down a top job while Minty is struggling with the demands of two boys, an ageing husband and difficult job. The book is a real page-turner, and written in a lightly humorous style. Buy the book, really enjoyable.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Ordinary people, ordinary lives.,
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This review is from: The Second Wife (Paperback)
As a sequel to the revenge of The Middle Aged Woman this worked well. I was definitely left at the end of it wondering how it would all work out for Nathan, Minty and Rose.
Well now I know exactly how Nathan and Minty's marriage turned out. It is now some years later and they have twin sons Lucas and Felix and we learn how their marriage is working, in comparison to those of Gisela and Roger, Paige and Martin, both relationships beset with problems. As for Rose the deserted forty-something woman in the first novel, she has weathered the storm well and although she would not have chosen to be so, is an independent and successful career woman. So what happens when the mistress becomes the wife? Still the villain of the story Minty has grown up since seducing Nathan. She is now a mature married woman with a family to consider who finds herself extremely unsettled by the fact that Nathan appears despondent about his life. Everyway Minty turns; she experiences feelings of being `second-best' in Nathan's life. Neither of them will ever be free of Rose, a constant for various reasons. One feels sorry for Nathan as he now lives with the consequences of his passionate affair with Minty. Maybe a mistake; but one that many men have made and will continue to do so. Instead of looking forward to freedom with grown up children, he finds himself right back at the beginning again with a young family. The marital dramas that form the essence of this story are a reflection of those that second wives face every day within the extended family unit.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Very disappointing,
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This review is from: The Second Wife (Paperback)
I was first attracted by this book by the cover; the picture of the two women fighting was mouthwatering! It promised a bit of cat-fighting and some quite hilarious bits... oh boy, that was so wrong. I really, and I mean really!, could not find one single reason to like Minty, the husband stealing mistress and main character. The selfishness of her and the utter ignorance of her stolen husband's feelings were just a few reasons to dislike her. The whole story seems like it doesn't have a real purpose, the plot isn't great, the other people in it are more interesting than Minty and the ending is to say the least, very unexpected and leaves you feeling a bit cheated. What that all???
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