Wife

by Charlotte Mendelson

'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

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Pages:

384

Published:

Aug 2025

Format

Paperback

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Imprint

Picador

ISBN:

9781529052831

'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

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