“Just as one has forgotten the intense pleasure of reading\nTrollope, along comes another flawless novel.” —Library Journal\n(starred review)\n

“A pleasure to read.” — The Washington Post

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“Despite its title, Marrying the Mistress is no mere sexy\nromp detailing the lurid details of a juicy affair. Instead, Joanna\nTrollope offers a domestic drama that gives us an insider’s view of\nwhat happens to a family when the respected head of the\nhousehold—60-year-old judge Guy Stockdale—announces he is leaving\nhis wife of 40 years to marry his much younger mistress, Merrion.\nFrom his teenage grandson who thinks it’s cool that Gramps can\nstill snag a hot young babe to his feisty daughter-in-law who sets\nup a secret meeting to check out the Other Woman, this is a nuanced\ntale that manages to be both familiar and surprising. What makes\nthe situation complex—and the book beach-bag worthy—is that Merrion\nis far from the stereotypical villain/slut/husband stealer. She is\nintelligent, independent, successful and impossible not to like.\nReading Marrying the Mistress is like spying on the\nneighbors that everyone on the street is gossiping about—without\nthe guilt.” — Salon.com

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“A modern-day Austen.” —Library Journal (starred\nreview)

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“Masterful storyelling and memorable characters…a wise and\ngently truthful take on a highly charged subject.” —Kirkus\nReviews (starred review)

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“This novel should easily vault onto the bestseller lists.”\n—Publishers Weekly (starred review)

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“[Marrying the Mistress] must be the popular British\nwriter’s most daring novel, as well as one of her most\ninteresting…bracing and original…Trollope at her most challenging\nand thought-provoking.” — The Cleveland Plain Dealer

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“Entertaining…great beach reading.” — USA Today

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“A novel rich in accurate, piercing detail of domestic life and\npopulated with strongly developed, realistic characters…absorbing\nand excellent.” — Booklist

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“Splendidly nuanced.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred\nreview)

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“A great beach or vacation read.” — The Baltimore Sun

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“Trollope again displays her extraordinary gift for representing\nthe intricacies of familial relationships and the vicissitudes of\ndomestic life…None of the themes here—betrayal and anger, the\nlovers’ age difference, the grasping mother, the daughter-in-law’s\nresentment—are terribly unusual, but Trollope’s proven ability to\npresent them intelligently, as moral and emotional tangles faced by\nthinking, interesting people, satisfyingly combines the universally\nrecognizable and the intellectually engaging.” —Publishers\nWeekly (starred review)

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“Essential.” —Library Journal (starred review)

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