How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life [Audiobook] [Audio CD]

Bernadette Strachan (Author), Annie Aldington (Reader)

Book Description

Publication Date: August 1, 2009

On the surface, Ruby Gallagher has the perfect life: an adoring husband, Manny, a beautiful home and a luxury lifestyle that involves shopping, holidays and not much else. It's safe, predictable - exactly what she needs after her turbulent past. Until one day it all collapses as Manny is arrested for fraud. And it seems it's not only his business deals that have been shady - Ruby discovers he's been hiding a mistress and son too. But as her designer lifestyle is repossessed, Ruby dusts herself down and starts again. With the help of some good friends, bad wine and a new business venture, Ruby discovers that she's a lot better off without her husband holding her back. If only he would see it that way ...Fabulous characters and a warm and funny story make How to Lose a Husband and Gain a Life unputdownable.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Editorial Reviews

Review

An absolute treat. Bernadette Strachan is such a natural, feel-good writer - it's impossible not to love her characters! Louise Candlish Warm, funny and witty, How To Lose a Husband and Gain a Life is everything you want from a good book - and in Ruby Gallagher presents you with the kind of lead character you'll wish you could make your new best friend! Mike Gayle Bernadette is so funny, upbeat and heart-warming that her books are a perfect antidote to all this current gloom. This one was a treat, with a host of glorious characters, a celebration of female friendship and love to be found in the most unexpected dusty corners of life. A plump-up cushion, curl up and cheer up book. I always love what Bernadette does. I hope HTLAHAGAL gains her many thousands of new fans and a bestseller slot Fiona Walker Bernadette's novel is so funny, so sharp and such a great read Jenny Colgan --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

About the Author

This is Bernadette's fifth novel. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: ISIS Audio Books; Library only ed edition (August 1, 2009)
• ISBN-10: 0753143623
• ISBN-13: 978-0753143629
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One for the girls, February 22, 2012

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Cressida - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Lose a Husband (Paperback)

I have most of Bernadette Strachan's books but this one is my favorite, probably because it was the first one I came across. Delightfully light and unpretentious, this is fun all the way. I love her perspective on male/female relationships. Hardly literature with a capital L, but who wants to be deadly serious all the time anyway. Highly recommended but one for the ladies only.

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A light fluffy sponge cake, April 7, 2011

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Cindy Vine "Author of Not Telling" (Moshi, Tanzania) - See all my reviews

This review is from: How to Lose a Husband (Paperback)

This book is a light sponge cake after a heavy meal of a day at work. Predictable plot, stereotypical characters, no surprises anywhere, light reading that is easy on the mind. Highly recommended reading when traveling to work on the tube, during a flight, waiting, while sunbathing on a beach in an exotic location. This is a book you can put down for a couple of weeks, then pick up and carrying on where you left off. Frothy, fun, light entertainment.