{"product_id":"wifehouse","title":"Wifehouse","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'\u003ci\u003eWifehouse \u003c\/i\u003ereads like a storm in a soundproof room. I absolutely loved it\u003c\/b\u003e' Miranda Cowley Heller, International Bestselling author of THE PAPER PALACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003cb\u003eA magnificent, richly-textured novel.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eIt thrums with energy\u003c\/b\u003e' Kate Kemp, author of THE GRAPEVINE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Page by page, it closed around me like a vice' \u003c\/b\u003eCamilla Barnes, author of THE USUAL DESIRE TO KILL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A propulsive and gripping read - a stunning exploration of the emotional claustrophobia of modern life'\u003c\/b\u003e Louise Nealon, award-winning author of SNOWFLAKE and EVERYTHING THAT IS BEAUTIFUL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eJe suis femme maison.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\"You are a wifehouse? Oh, a housewife. \u003ci\u003eJe suis une femme au foyer.\u003c\/i\u003e\"\u003cbr\u003e\"Wow, that actually sounds worse in French. Let's go with \u003ci\u003eje suis mère\u003c\/i\u003e.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHe is drenched in youth, this young man,\u003c\/i\u003e she thinks. \u003ci\u003eHe is soaked in all its possibilities.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFollowing years of a life lived as a wife and mother, Annie is gifted French lessons with twenty-six-year-old local French tutor, Thierry. As time passes and the lessons progress, she finds herself unexpectedly vulnerable to the charms of a man closer in age to her teenage daughter than to her own. A new life for Annie emerges, one she could never have foreseen . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTold over the course of one year through the shifting perspectives of wife, husband, lover, best friend and children, Walger paints a contradictory, nuanced portrait of a woman who walks away from every role that tradition and society have expected of her. From the lauded author of \u003ci\u003eLION\u003c\/i\u003e, shortlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bonnier Books Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56409057722712,"sku":"9781786586384","price":21.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781786586384_fc068fc5-2cb1-4779-a3b9-04e22a933edc.jpg?v=1778763634","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/wifehouse","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}