The Adultery Club

by Tess Stimson

Book Overview

Nicholas Lyon is the perfect husband-a handsome divorce attorney who dotes on his family. Sara Kaplan is the perfect seductress-a vivacious young lawyer unburdened by sexual scruples. And Malinche... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0385341261
• ISBN13: 9780385341264
• Release Date: January 2008
• Publisher: Bantam Discovery
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

I can't put the book down

I loved. Couldn't stop reading it. Loved the way it is written with every's character point of view of the same situation. Loved the way she could describe both male and female senses at this "secret" scenario of infidelity. The lust, the lingieri, the secret presents, the every day turning off house tasks, etc. Modern, and easy to read. There is a lto of sex in the story although you barely read about sex details in it. Your mind fills the gaps. Recommendable for people that might feel represented for any of the characters. If you are over 25 and below 50, like sex, go get it.

Wonderful characterizations --

I know you cannot really see me nibbling away at this imaginary plate of crow that's sitting in front of me, but what else can I say? I did sooo NOT want to like this book! I'm not a fan of adultery, and just couldn't imagine a book with the title of The Adultery Club being very readable or enjoyable. Nice cover, though. And that's mostly what reeled me in. Major kudos, however, to the author Tess Stimson, for creating a plausible plot, three totally dissimilar characters and a world full of insight into character, motivation, want, lust, and most of all--LOVE. There's also a good bit of really blatant, down and dirty sex in here, so if that sort of thing is liable to turn you off, then better you don't read it. Nicholas Lyon is a 40-ish divorce lawyer in London, happily married for slightly more than ten years to Malinche, now in her mid-to-late 30s, successful author of cookery books and mother of their three daughters, 8, 6 and not quite 2. Sara Kaplan is a 20-something solicitor who joins Nick's lawfirm, on the retirement of one of the partners. You might think, from this setup, that you know what's going to happen. And it does, but be prepared for fireworks of all sorts, foolishness from all of them, and heart-rending confessions of a multitude of sins, again from all of them, as told to various family and friends. Stiff upper-lip Brit old-school Nick never, ever thought he would stray from his marriage vows. He saw so much marital wreckage in his work, he thought he was immune. Malinche has never been tempted, either, since their marriage, until her first love comes back into her life. Trace values her as a creative individual in her own right--AND tells her about it, constantly. Sara, very much a bright young thing, knows what she wants and will blaze through anything or anyone who gets in her way. She is self-indulgent beyond the ken of regular people, and really doesn't much care what happens to them, either, until it happens to her. The author does a fantastic job, in my opinion, with these characters, who are, on the surface so vastly different from each other, yet underneath are all too similar. Actually, when you get right down to it, we all want the same things: We want to be loved (even when we're at our most unloveable) and appreciated, and cared for, and surprised by seemingly trivial little things, but which turn out to be of monstrous proportions. Each character -- coming from a different generation than the others -- is a product of that generation, with a different outlook on life and love and lust. But underneath, the similarities are profound. Told in first person by each of them, the variance of language and attitude is astonishing. Brilliant! All the more reason, then, to learn why we should not rush to indulge ourselves in momentary passion, no matter how enticing. Much better we learn to value what we have, before we--oh, so casually--throw it away.

GREAT BOOK

I read this book and then wanted to share it with my friend in Florida. I bought it and had it shipped directly to her and she loved it too. Much easier than packing mine up and sending it and also still had it to share with friends here. Thanks.

Nada mas cercano a la realidad

La lectura de este libro te introduce a una realidad que pocas veces tienes oportunidad de conocer. Los tres puntos de vista expuestos estan muy bien mostrados y nada exagerados.

Refreshingly Honest Look at Relationships

I picked up "The Adultery Club" by Tess Stimson because I liked the back jacket and the cover art. What I found when reading the book was one of the most honest books that I have ever read in my life. We quickly meet Nicholas, the husband, who is a divorce attorney; Sara, the sexy, new, young lawyer who comes to work in Nicholas's building; and Malinche, the perfect wife, raising the children and trying to recognize her husband's needs as they appear. Nicholas, who has always been completely in love with his wife, is now fantasizing over Sara, and what she has to offer. The story goes back and forth, telling it from the point of view of all three different people, so you really get to see their different points of view. When you throw all three of these people together, you get a story that is hilariously funny in parts, and then in other parts so sad that you almost want to cry for the characters. Tess Stimson makes all the characters real, and you can see the point of view from each of their eyes. I have never thought about what a mistress might be thinking when she got into a relationship with a married man willingly, but I really felt like I, as a single woman, could almost understand Sara's logic, as irrational as it was. Tess Stimson's refreshingly honest writing brought me to tears at times. This is a great read! I hope everyone will pick it up and try it out! It holds you until the end of the story, and leaves you waiting enthusiastically and impatiently for her next book!