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Description
What would life be like with the one who got away? From the author of My Husband’s Sweethearts —hailed as “a laugh-and-cry novel”* that’s “whip-smart, tender…an undiluted joy to read”**—comes this bighearted, funny, fiercely perceptive tale about a happily married woman and the little white... read more
Cast of Characters/Important People
- Gwen: Wife of Peter, and pretend wife of Elliot
- Peter: The perfect husband
- Elliot Hull: The philosophical brooder and pretend husband
- Heather: Femme fetale, and Gwen's best friend
- Faith: Gwen's other best friend
Memorable Quotes
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“"I think contentment is all the rage." I said. "Blind contenement."”
Gwen -
“We seem to think that things in life are clearly labeled as right and wrong, as if the world's been divvied up by someone with a giant ink pad and two rubber stamps. We're deeply invested in the notion that when we choose to do the wrong thing, it's because we're weak or lazy or compelled by our desires or our overriding ids. Because, if this is the case, then we can blame those who do the wrong thing and pin on them the suffering that wrongness causes. And, if the world becomes clearly labeled, and people fail to do the right thing because of their own shortcomings, then we can believe that doing wrong is easily avoidable.”
Gwen -
“"Life IS held together," she said, "It might only be held together with a bunch of rigged up ropes, but we keep checking the knots, making sure that everything's holding.. We have to."”
Faith -
“Marriage is a conversation that lasts a lifetime.”
Elliot Hull
First Sentence
"That summer when I first became Elliot Hull's pretend wife, I understood only vaguely that complicated things often prefer to masquerade as simple things at first.
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Authors & Contributors
- Bridget Asher (Author)
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