Wife

'Crackles with female fire and fury' – The Guardian

'A bravura portrait of a marriage in meltdown' – The Observer

'Fast and furious' – The Sunday Times

Discover the bitingly witty new novel from the prize-winning author of The Exhibitionist, Charlotte Mendelson.

Dr Penny Cartwright is everything that Zoe Stamper is not: glamorous, sophisticated and openly gay. When they begin a passionate affair, a lifetime of wedded bliss seems within Zoe’s grasp. But this is not a love story. It’s the story of how love can bring about disaster . . .

'A terrific panic attack of a novel' – i newspaper

'Lacerating' – Financial Times

'Unbearably brilliant' – Nigella Lawson

'A gift to the reader . . . Irresistible' – Amy Bloom, bestselling author of In Love

'Compelling' – Glamour

'Truly radical' – The Spectator