Wife

'Crackles with female fire and fury' - The Guardian 'A bravura portrait of a marriage in meltdown' - The Observer 'Fast and furious' - The Sunday Times

Discover the bitingly witty new novel from the prize-winning author of The Exhibitionist, Charlotte Mendelson.

Dr Penny Cartwright is everything that Zoe Stamper is not: glamorous, sophisticated and openly gay. When they begin a passionate affair, a lifetime of wedded bliss seems within Zoe's grasp. But this is not a love story. It's the story of how love can bring about disaster . . .

'A terrific panic attack of a novel' - i newspaper 'Lacerating' - Financial Times 'Unbearably brilliant' - Nigella Lawson 'A gift to the reader . . . Irresistible' - Amy Bloom, bestselling author of In Love 'Compelling' - Glamour 'Truly radical' - The Spectator