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Bridget Asher
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My Husband's Sweethearts |
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English |
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Hardcover |
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288 |
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2008-08-19 |
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038534189X |
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Delacorte Press |
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0.85 pounds |
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5.6 x 8.3 x 1.1 inches |
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First Edition |
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When Lucy discovered that her charming, cheating husband was dying, she came home, opened up his little black book, and decided she wasn’t going through this alone. After all, Artie’s sweethearts were there for the good times—is it fair that Lucy should have to manage the hard times herself? In this wise, wickedly funny new novel, Lucy dials up the women in Artie’s black book and invites them for one last visit. The last thing she expects is that any will actually show up.
But one by one, they do show up: The one who hates him. The one who owes her life to him. The one he turned into a lesbian, and the one he taught to dance. And among them is a visitor with the strangest story of all: the young man who may or may not be Artie’s long-lost son.
For Lucy, the jaw-dropping procession of women is an education in the man she can’t forgive and couldn’t leave. And as the women find themselves sharing secrets and sharing tears, they start to discover kindred spirits—and even something that’s a lot like family. But Lucy knows one thing for certain: the biggest surprises are yet to come….
Full of heart, Bridget Asher’s unforgettable novel is about mothers and daughters, fathers and sons, and the deep friendships between women. It’s about sweet liars and tenderhearted cheaters—about loving those we love for reasons we can’t always fully rationalize, and about the sort of forgiveness that can change someone’s entire life in the most unexpected and extraordinary ways.
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MonieG (USA: TX) (2008/08/15):
Lucy Shoreman’s husband Artie is a cheater. When Lucy learns this she confronts him only to have him confess there have been two other affairs during their four year marriage. To cope with Artie’s infidelity Lucy leaves home and immerses herself in work for six months to deal with his betrayal. Then she receives a middle of the night phone call from her mother, he’s gravely ill. “Artie needs you. He is your husband still, after all. And it’s very bad form to leave a dying husband.”Lucy returns home but still can’t bring herself to forgive Artie. After more than a few drinks Lucy picks up the phone, calls up all the former sweethearts in Artie’s little black book and announces, “Artie Shoreman is dying, Please call to schedule your turn at his deathbed.” What happens next surprises everyone, the sweethearts begin to show up. From the young, tattooed and pierced Elba to Artie’s former high school teacher, the elderly Mrs. Dutton with many in between. An unlikely friendship begins to form with some of these women and you’re pulled along an emotional roller coaster with Lucy. Asher’s writing is truly amazing. I laughed, I cried and it seemed that I could truly feel Lucy’s emotion in her words. I couldn’t believe how fast I got to the end of the book. Along with Lucy’s road to forgiveness there are two other story lines that develop bringing a surprise ending to this incredible story about love.
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