Wife: The Latest Novel From 'A Master at Family Drama' The Times

Wife by Charlotte Mendelson is a novel about the joys of passionate love and motherhood, and those left behind in its wake when passion curdles. It is heartbreaking and funny, profound and gripping, as it takes the reader from the end of a relationship to its beginning, and back again. Mendelson is an extraordinary writer.
Charlotte Mendelson's novel "Wife" is a heartbreaking and funny exploration of passionate love and motherhood, following Zoe Stamper's affair with Dr. Penny Cartwright. It is a beautifully observed and coruscating novel about the joys of passionate love and motherhood, and those left behind in its wake when passion curdles. Mendelson is an extraordinary writer.

Format: Hardback
Length: 368 pages
Publication date: 08 August 2024
Publisher: Pan Macmillan

Mendelson is a master of the literary monster – The Sunday Times When Zoe Stamper, a junior researcher in Ancient Greek Tragedy, meets fellow academic Dr Penny Cartwright at a faculty flute recital, their relationship seems perfect. Zoe is a nervous ingénue, while Penny is impossibly glamorous. Penny leaves Zoe a cryptic note, and a passionate affair ensues. When Penny confesses all to her live-in lover, Justine, their happiness seems assured. However, there is something else Penny needs as badly in her life as Zoe's adoration, and thus the beginning of their affair might also have signaled its end. Wife by Charlotte Mendelson is a beautifully observed and coruscating novel about the joys of passionate love and motherhood, and those left behind in its wake when passion curdles. It is heartbreaking and funny, profound and gripping, as it takes the reader from the end of a relationship to its beginning, and back again. A bravura portrait of a marriage in meltdown – The Guardian A clever, lacerating account of coercive control . . . a finely executed novel – Financial Times Mendelson is an extraordinary writer – The Standard Mendelson is a master of the literary monster – The Sunday Times When Zoe Stamper, a junior researcher in Ancient Greek Tragedy, meets fellow academic Dr Penny Cartwright at a faculty flute recital, their relationship seems perfect. Zoe is a nervous ingénue, while Penny is impossibly glamorous. Penny leaves Zoe a cryptic note, and a passionate affair ensues. When Penny confesses all to her live-in lover, Justine, their happiness seems assured. However, there is something else Penny needs as badly in her life as Zoe's adoration, and thus the beginning of their affair might also have signaled its end. Wife by Charlotte Mendelson is a beautifully observed and coruscating novel about the joys of passionate love and motherhood, and those left behind in its wake when passion curdles. It is heartbreaking and funny, profound and gripping, as it takes the reader from the end of a relationship to its beginning, and back again. A bravura portrait of a marriage in meltdown – The Guardian A clever, lacerating account of coercive control . . . a finely executed novel – Financial Times Mendelson is an extraordinary writer – The Standard

Weight: 476g
Dimension: 144 x 223 x 35 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781529052817