- Hardcover: 368 pages
- Publisher: Orion (2 Jan 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0752866583
- ISBN-13: 978-0752866581
- Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.8 x 2.4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,141,549 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A funy and perceptive study of how you have to take on board your man's family, friends - and his past lovers. A host of funny tales and torn loyalties.' (Penny Smith FIRST )
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I just finished reading The Secret Life of Husbands, and I wholeheartedly agree with the previous reviewer's positive comments. I am a 24-year old reader of Sophie Kinsella, Katie Fforde, Joanna Trollope and Helen Dunne, and I feel this book offers a fresh, exciting, humourous and tense insight into the life of a new wife surrounded by her husband's old friends ... and then there is that terrible mother-in-law. The book climaxes in a confrontation that left me shaking with excitement. Intrigued? You will have to read it!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I found this novel very relatable - not only because it was set in Oxford (which did add to the enjoyment as i recognized all the restarants and bars!) - but also because Ruth's dilemma is very realistic and strikes close to home. She has just married a gorgeous man, but soon finds that his group of friends are cliquey and Ruth slowly starts to feel like an outcast from all their private jokes and uni life stories. But there's one female friend that Ruth feels particularly intimidated and threatened by. Crawford manages to capture the irrational, insecure feeling that most girls (and guys) go through when in a relationship. The fear that one person will ruin your relationship, even if you have no solid proof.
Not only is Ruth struggling to fit in with her husbands friends, she finds it hard to get along with his batty mother, who continues to act stranger every time she visits.
This was a fun, frothy book, although at times serious and heartwarming. Definitely one to ease the insecurities of a relationship!
Not only is Ruth struggling to fit in with her husbands friends, she finds it hard to get along with his batty mother, who continues to act stranger every time she visits.
This was a fun, frothy book, although at times serious and heartwarming. Definitely one to ease the insecurities of a relationship!
Format:Paperback
I didn't like some of the charcaters in this book..in particular Erin..so it changes my opinion of the story....I prefer to either like the character or feel part of general dislike for the character. The whole was a good enough read and the bizarre mother in law was worth reading about..but I felt the main character, Ruth, was a bit wet, didn't have enough get up and go in her, didn't stand up for herself.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Great book
When I got this book, I was a bit sceptical, never having read any of her other books, but I found that I couldnt put it down. Great read.
Published on 19 Aug 2008 by lala
lovely and satisfying!
Prime "feel - good" novel! This is the first Kirst Crawford novel I have had the pleasure of reading and and look foward avidly to reading her former tome. Read more
Published on 16 April 2008 by Mre F. Gerrish
Fabulous book
I was in Borders one day eager for a new book, i hadnt been able to find one for a while, and i stumbled across this, i thought the description of the book looked intriguing and... Read more
Published on 29 Mar 2008 by Mrs. L. Crossley
Great for the Christmas hols
I am going to buy this for all the women in my family now - a great read for anyone wanting to have some 'me-time' over the Christmas holidays.
Published on 13 Dec 2007 by Woman of Oxford
21st century Jane Austen
I've read both of Kirsty Crawford's books and I love the way she describes the minutiae of modern relationships. Read more
Published on 3 Dec 2007 by Book addict
friends or enemies?
I really enjoyed this novel set in Oxford, an intruiging dissection of the forces, sometimes destructive, that bind friends together, and the way that appearances can be deceptive. Read more
Published on 1 Dec 2007 by Alex
Thoroughly enjoyable
Kirsty Crawford's characters drive this story of female jealousy straight to its incredibly satisfying conclusion. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2007 by Discerning Reader
Friends or enemies?
I really enjoyed this novel set in Oxford, an intruiging dissection of the forces, sometimes destructive, that bind friends together, and the way that appearances can be deceptive. Read more
Published on 30 Nov 2007 by Alex
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