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The Second Wife
(2006)(Wives Behaving Badly)
(The second book in the Two Mrs Lloyd series)
A novel by Elizabeth Buchan
The Rules currently governing my life are these. Rule Number one: there is no justice. Rule Number two: contrary to a husband's hopes, a second wife does not have the Karma Sutra tucked into her handbag. It is more likely to be aspirin. Rule number three: never complain, particularly if you have been instrumental in demonstrating Rule number one. Rule number four: never serve liver or tofu. It is not clever. So says Minty Lloyd as she struggles to make her life work as Nathan's second wife. Mother to six year-old twins, sidelined at family gatherings by Nathan's hostile family, ostracised by his friends, she is haunted by the shadow of the glowing, successful Rose Nathan's first wife. The trouble is, 'she concludes, everything I do is second hand.' Yet, such is curious nature of fate, Minty finds herself united in loss with an unexpected ally the woman she once betrayed. Buchan's signature gift for capturing women's daily joys and struggles is beautifully deployed in "The Second Wife", an irresistible story of love, grief and renewal that explores that nature of friendship and the bonds that grow strongest when stretched to breaking.
Genre: General Fiction
Genre: General Fiction
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September 2006 : USA Hardback
July 2006 : USA Hardback
June 2006 : UK Hardback
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May 2007 : UK Paperback
April 2007 : UK Paperback
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August 2006 : USA Audio edition
August 2006 : USA Audio edition

Title: The Second Wife
Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited
Availability: Amazon
August 2006 : Australia Audio edition

Title: The Second Wife
Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited
Availability: Amazon AU
August 2006 : Canada Audio edition

Title: The Second Wife
Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited
Availability: Amazon CA
August 2006 : UK Audio edition

Title: The Second Wife
Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher: Orion Publishing Group Limited
Availability: Amazon UK
July 2006 : UK Audio CD
July 2006 : USA Audio CD
June 2006 : UK Audio Cassette
June 2006 : UK Audio CD

Title: The Second Wife
Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
ISBN: 0-7528-7447-0 / 978-0-7528-7447-0 (UK edition)
Publisher: Orion
Availability: Amazon UK
Kindle Editions
August 2007 : Australia, Canada, UK Kindle edition
July 2006 : USA Kindle edition

Title: Wives Behaving Badly: A Novel (The Two Mrs. Lloyds Book 2)
Author(s): Elizabeth Buchan
Publisher: Penguin Books
Availability: Amazon