How To Be a Good Wife

Emma Chapman

How To Be a Good Wife

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I know what my husband would say: that I have too much time on my hands; that I need to keep myself busy. That I need to take my medication. Empty nest syndrome, he tells his friends at the pub, his mother. He's always said I have a vivid imagination.

Marta and Hector have been married for a long time – so long that she finds it difficult to remember her life before him. He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife.

But when Hector comes home with a secret, their ordered domestic life begins to unravel, and Marta begins to see things, or perhaps to remember them. In the shadows there is a blonde girl that only Marta can see.And she wants something . . .

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Emma Chapman in conversation with her editor, Francesca Main
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Imprint: Picador
ISBN: 9781447216186
Number of pages: 288
Dimensions: 216mm x 135mm
Format: Hardback
Publication Date: 03/01/2013

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May 2013

Emma Chapman at The Folly Bar
Emma Chapman is coming from Australia to discuss her novel, How To Be a Good Wife, with The London Girly Book Club.

Marta and Hector have been married for a long time – so long that she finds it difficult to remember her life before him. He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife.
But when Hector comes home with a secret, their ordered domestic life begins to unravel, and Marta begins to see things, or perhaps to remember them. In the shadows there is a blonde girl that only Marta can see. And she wants something . . .

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