Book description
Right before Sarah Stagg's teenage sons leave the nest, her husband, Andrew, the star of their local dramatic club, leaves her for his twentysomething leading lady, Hyacinth. Sarah, a freelance artist, quickly discovers that the path of a discarded wife is strewn with hazards and humiliations. Her neighbors and friends…
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1 author picked The Ex-Wife's Survival Guide as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
I absolutely loved this book because it's a feisty romantic comedy for the mature woman, and I couldn't put it down.
The main character, Sarah Stagg, is just charming, and I really admire her for the way she slowly fights back from the personal disasters she is forced to face up to and begins to reconstruct her life in the way she wants it to be.
Plus, it has a good insight into the workings of an amateur dramatic society, and theatre is one of my great loves. It's very sharp and witty, as well as being a lovely slow-burn…
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