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My Wife's Affair

My Wife's Affair Paperback - 2010

by Nancy Woodruff

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A smart, sexy novel about a woman's search for her former self on the London stage

Georgie and Peter, very much in love, move to London with their three children. Once there, Georgie's dormant acting career takes off and she wins the role of Dora Jordan in a one-woman show. Dora Jordan was the most famous comic actress of the eighteenth century (she had thirteen illegitimate children, including ten by the future king of England).

As Georgie rehearses for her part, she becomes increasingly drawn to Dora Jordan, who she sees as a working mother with struggles exactly like her own. And when Georgie can no longer fight her attraction to the playwright, she begins an affair with tragic results.

Narrated by Peter, a failed-writer-turned-businessman, My Wife's Affair is about infidelity, passion, duty, and about finally getting what you want and then wanting still more.

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New York: Amy Einhorn Books, 2010. CL2 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some bumped corners, light discoloration and shelf wear. A smart, sexy novel about getting what you want - but still wanting more. 9"x6", 269 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
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Details

  • Title My Wife's Affair
  • Author Nancy Woodruff
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good
  • Pages 269
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Amy Einhorn Books, New York
  • Date 2010
  • Bookseller's Inventory # EC34812BB
  • ISBN 9780399156298 / 0399156291
  • Weight 1.04 lbs (0.47 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.24 x 6.35 x 1.05 in (23.47 x 16.13 x 2.67 cm)
  • Ages 18 to UP years
  • Grade levels 13 - UP
  • Library of Congress subjects London (England), Married people
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2009036348
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC

Summary

A smart, sexy novel about a woman's search for her former self on the London stage

Georgie and Peter, very much in love, move to London with their three children. Once there, Georgie's dormant acting career takes off and she wins the role of Dora Jordan in a one-woman show. Dora Jordan was the most famous comic actress of the eighteenth century (she had thirteen illegitimate children, including ten by the future king of England).

As Georgie rehearses for her part, she becomes increasingly drawn to Dora Jordan, who she sees as a working mother with struggles exactly like her own. And when Georgie can no longer fight her attraction to the playwright, she begins an affair with tragic results.

Narrated by Peter, a failed-writer-turned-businessman, My Wife's Affair is about infidelity, passion, duty, and about finally getting what you want and then wanting still more.



From the publisher

Nancy Woodruff received her MFA from Columbia University, where she won the Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award. She taught writing at Columbia and SUNY Purchase before moving in 1997 to London, where she taught for eight years at Richmond, the American International University. She currently lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.

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"From the moment I picked up My Wife's Affair, a tale of a woman's search for her former self on the London stage, I found myself utterly gripped. Using the fascinating life-story of the actress Dora Jordan as the subject of a play within the novel, the present day story echoes the historical, creating multiple reflections and resonances to reach a devastating climax. Wise, moving, eloquent and written with an economy that is deceptively simple, this is a novel illuminated by an eye as bright and penetrating as a theater spotlight. Dazzling." – Beatrice Colin

About the author

Nancy Woodruff received her MFA from Columbia University, where she won the Henfield/"Transatlantic" Review Award. She taught writing at Columbia and SUNY Purchase before moving in 1997 to London, where she taught for eight years at Richmond, the American International University. She currently lives in Brooklyn and teaches at New York University.