{"product_id":"the-wife-1","title":"The Wife","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eThe Wife\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMeg Wolitzer\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9780743456661\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eScribner\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2004\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003ePaperback\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEdition: \u003c\/b\u003eReprint\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e219\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow a major motion picture starring Glenn Close in her Golden Globe-winning role!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOne of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer's most beloved books--an \"acerbically funny\" (\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"intelligent...portrait of deception\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan, and the secret they've kept for decades. The novel opens just as Joe is about to receive a prestigious international award, The Helsinki Prize, to honor his career as one of America's preeminent novelists. Joan, who has spent forty years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, finally decides to stop. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eImportant and ambitious, \u003ci\u003eThe Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is a sharp-eyed and compulsively readable story about a woman forced to confront the sacrifices she's made in order to achieve the life she thought she wanted. \"A rollicking, perfectly pitched triumph...Wolitzer's talent for comedy of manners reaches a heady high\" (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e), in this wise and candid look at the choices all men and women make--in marriage, work, and life.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Scribner","offers":[{"title":"The Wife | Meg Wolitzer | Paperback | 9780743456661 | Used: Very Good | Back Stacks D 1765477","offer_id":49374117429400,"sku":"1765477","price":11.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/71wqEn6cH0L_c9fcc873-bfb4-4ea9-8ea0-abae49ef59b6.jpg?v=1782997635","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/the-wife-1","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}