The Trade Off: My Husband/Your Wife [Paperback]

Stephen Rimmer (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 6, 2000

If youve ever had an affair, or are divorced, married again, or still faithful and monogamous, you may be completely shocked, or might approveKaren Bradfords proposal to her husband Hank. After eighteen years of marriage,and three children, she wants him to sign a marriage contract with a clause that from now onhe will agree to a Succedaneum Marriage. He doesnt know and has never met Tony Castellani who is married to Gina, and has two kidsor that Tony and Karen are lovers. But a Succedaneum Agreement (check the word in your dictionary) would allow them to enjoy a second relationshipand stay married!Guaranteed! Youve never read a non-stop, detailed, explicit sex and loving story like this. It all takes place in Guadeloupe, on Spring vacation, where Karen hopes to mate her husband with Tonys wifeand make her dream come true. But alas, taking their five childrenoneJudy Bradford, sixteen, an another Marc Castellani, seventeen,along with themconniving a foursome vacation, at free wheeling Club Libre, isnt the right environment for their more puritanical spouses... On top of that Marcwho despises Catcher in the Rye, thinks hes smarter than that phony, Holden Caulfield, ever was. Hes still a virgin, but hes determined to mate with Judy. Before that happenshe, inadvertantly, discovers that his father is making out with her motherat the same time Soufriere, the volcano is about to explode.Bob Rimmer who has chartered bare boats, and sailed in most of the Caribbean Islandloves Guadeloupe best. Is this story based on fact ? Well, sort ofand it proves that the path he has carved in other storiesthough the jungle of potential expanded monogamy, like corporarte marriage, in Proposition 31, and synergamy in Thursday, My Love, is filled with rumbling volcanos.

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About the Author

In the sixties and early seventies The Harrad Experiment and Proposition 31 became watchwords for the "hippie generation". As millions of students on campuses across the country read and talked about his books, little did they know, their hero was well past thirty.

Product Details

• Paperback: 536 pages
• Publisher: IUniverse (November 6, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0595009530
• ISBN-13: 978-0595009534
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,894,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this book changed my life, October 8, 2000

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kathleen crouch (gilroy, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Trade Off: My Husband/Your Wife (Paperback)

this is a stunning piece of literature that really allowed me to see into my own soul. It made life worth living again. To finally be able to relish my own restlessness, nay, to let control my committment, well, it was liberating and exhilirating.