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Only one thing stands in the way of Laurel Applebaum's happiness...Doug Applebaum.
In this darkly comic novel about a wife whose rope is so frayed it's about to snap, Laurel gets a call that her husband has been in an accident. She imagines the worst. But as she is on the way to the ER, another emotion seizes her. Relief. Doug's death could solve all her problems. No more catering to his incessant demands. Then there's the insurance money. Laurel's dreams seem so close. There's just one problem: Doug is very much alive. Now Laurel has to decide if she is going to do something about it.
Subversive, irreverent and surprisingly poignant, Take My Husband probes the dark corners of a marriage and emerges to find the light. For anyone who's spent a little too much time with a significant other and thought, One of us has got to go.
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Release date
August 30, 2022 -
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Kindle Book
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OverDrive Read
- ISBN: 9781488056451
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- ISBN: 9781488056451
- File size: 736 KB
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Languages
- English
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Starred review from August 1, 2022
When Laurel hears that her husband, Doug, has been in a car accident, she rushes to the hospital fully expecting to find that he has passed away. As she drives, she can practically see his teary-eyed doctor and feel the comforting pat on her back. Her imagination continues to spin, surprising her with a tiny but growing kernel of relief at Doug's death. After nearly 30 years of cooking and cleaning and tending to his every whim, Laurel envisions the new apartment she'll decorate, the satisfaction of shutting the door in Doug's overbearing sister's face, and the financial freedom afforded by Doug's life insurance policy. So when Laurel arrives at the hospital to find that Doug is perfectly fine, she sets a new plan in motion. Meister (The Rooftop Party, 2021) serves up a darkly comedic farce, perfect for fans of Matthew Norman, Julie Valerie, and Kelly Harms. Mining years of built-up ignorance, complacency, and resentment, Laurel faces the toughest decisions of her life as she weighs familiar comfort against unknown thrills. Understanding that marriages can't always weather decades' worth of ebbs and flows, Meister's protagonist makes a strong case for communicating one's wants and needs early and loudly.COPYRIGHT(2022) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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