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The Good Wife

The Good Wife

Summary

Step into a very public marriage, in the compulsive novel from the bestselling author of Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman

Fanny Savage was once dutiful, clever, vulnerable and dreamy.

Now married to Will, a successful politician with big ambitions, her life is a whirlwind of public engagements and loyalty to the party, a position that requires her to look good and remain silent.

But she's no fool. She's well aware that the world outside her home is one that seethes with despair, danger and division. And she's beginning to understand how fragile happiness can be.

Is she coping with the transition from eager bride to politician's wife?

Has she been the Good Wife?

Does being good always mean being truthful?


Praise for Elizabeth Buchan:


'Gorgeously well-written - funny, sad, sophisticated'
Independent

'Beautifully observed, with the insight and humour that one has come to expect from the author'
Times

'Compelling, compassionate, and aglow with moments of laugh-or-cry humour'
Mail on Sunday

'Buchan is a cut above the rest'
Sunday Mirror

About the author

Elizabeth Buchan

Elizabeth Buchan's previous novels include the prizewinning Consider the Lily, the New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, and her most recent book The New Mrs Clifton, which was a Waterstones Paperback of the Year in 2017. Elizabeth's short stories have been broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and published in a range of magazines. Elizabeth reviews for the Sunday Times and the Daily Mail and is a patron of the Guildford Book Festival and co-founder of the Clapham Book Festival. She has chaired the Betty Trask and Desmond Elliott literary prizes, has been a judge for the Costa Novel Award, and she sits on the authors' committee for the Reading Agency. She lives in London.
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