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Man and Wife

Harry Silver seriesbook 2 of 3Next:Men From The Boys(2010) →

A novel about love and marriage —about why we fall in love and why we marry, why we stay and why we go.

Harry Silver is ready to try again at living "happily ever after." It won't be easy: not when he has to juggle his wife, Cyd, and ex-wife, Gina; his son, Pat, and his stepdaughter, Peggy; his own work and his wife's fast-growing career. When Gina announces that she's relocating to another country, taking Pat with her, and Cyd's burgeoning success has made her rethink having another child, Harry finds his fairy-tale ending moving out of reach. Meanwhile, his mother, who has always been his biggest fan and source of comfort, is battling breast cancer and needs him to be strong.

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Did Harry commit to a steady relationship too soon? Can you love — really love — a child who is not your own? Can you be a good father to a child you only see on the weekends? And can Harry keep this new and complicated life on track or will it all go wrong? When he meets a woman who makes him question everything, his tangled web becomes even more knotty.

In this brilliant sequel to the internationally bestselling Man and Boy,Tony Parsons reminds us why he is a favorite author in over thirty countries. Man and Wifeis a story about families in the new century, written with all the humor, passion, and superb storytelling that have made millions across the globe cry and laugh out loud.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 352 pages

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