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Young Wives

But then, like a bad souffle, their lives separately collapse as they each discover lies embedded in their marriages. Betrayed, their love and trust crushed, their families virtually destroyed, they unite for solace and support. While their nefarious husbands have won the first battle, the war has only just begun.Sharing their misery and their dreams, they draw on each other's friendship and strength to heal their wounds—and reconstruct their lives. Bowed but not beaten, this smart, audacious trio concocts a brilliant recipe to take back what's theirs and render justice on their duplicitous men—a brilliant lightning strike that will unforgettably transform them from victims to victors ...

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The perfect anti-Valentine's Day story, Young Wivesis addictively funny with an edge. Nobody understands "female problems" as well as Olivia Goldsmith, and here she is at her smart and satisfying best.

Author Biography:

Olivia Goldsmith is the bestselling author of The First Wives Club, Flavor of the Month, Fashionably Late, The Bestsller, Marrying Mom,and Switcheroo.She lives in south Florida and is no longer young or a wife.

Audience
adult
Length
epic · 608 pages

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