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What happens when the mistress gets her man?
Against the odds, that's what happened to Minty. She stole her best friend Rose's husband Nathan and made him her own. But now that she's got what she wanted - marriage, kids, a family home - she's discovering a few things she didn't bargain on: the cold shoulder from Nathan's other family, her husband's middle age and growing distance...and accepting that first wives don't just go away.
What's more, age brings one or two other problems for Minty. Problems that will lead her back to the one person she really doesn't want to face...
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
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.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format: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.
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.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format: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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Having read 'The Revenge of the Middleaged Woman', I was thrilled to learn Elizabeth had written a sequel, called 'The Second Wife' which is as you would... Read more
Having read 'The Revenge of the Middleaged Woman', I was thrilled to learn Elizabeth had written a sequel, called 'The Second Wife' which is as you would... Read more
Published 2 months ago by jofromoz
An Easy Read but Disappointing as a Sequel
As is so often the case with sequels, this book failed to live up to expectations. The pace is very slow during the first half and you begin to wonder if there is any point at all... Read more
Published on 6 July 2009 by CGB, London
Disapointing
Very attractive cover, but that is a far a the good points go. Only got up to page 130 and gave up. What was the plot? Read more
Published on 28 Jan 2008 by P. Garrett
I rarely don't manage to finish a book
but this one took the biscuit. I was in hospital at the time and preferred the lure of daytime TV to this turgid nonsense. Read more
Published on 4 Jan 2008 by Tracy Downes
Great book, terrible cover
I've just finished reading The Good Wife and absolutely loved it.
I am sorry that some find Minty not to their taste, for I think she is a woman of scope and eloquence. Read more
I am sorry that some find Minty not to their taste, for I think she is a woman of scope and eloquence. Read more
Published on 18 Sep 2007 by R. Marsh
A good read
This is the first Elizabeth Buchan book I've read. You don't need to have read the previous book to understand this one. Read more
Published on 3 Sep 2007 by M. Janssen
Minty's misery - The Second Wife
You will need to read the first book, Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman to fully "get" this book. It is completely addictive - I couldn't stop reading it but it does leave a bitter... Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2007 by RC
Disappointing
I very rarely give up on a book, but I just couldn't get through this. As a sequel, I don't think reading the previous book would have made any difference whatsoever; I didn't... Read more
Published on 28 Aug 2007 by DollyPond
A pleasant suprise
I'm a bzz agent and get sent products to review. My latest package was Elizabeth Buchan's novel.
I hadn't read anything by this author before but I needed have worried... Read more
I hadn't read anything by this author before but I needed have worried... Read more
Published on 21 Aug 2007 by J. Barker
Don't judge a book by it's cover
I agree with other reviewers that the saying 'don't judge a book by its cover' has never been more apt than with this book. Read more
Published on 18 Aug 2007 by S. Donnelly
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