The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives

by Sarah Strohmeyer

Book Overview

From the creator of the inimitable, zany sleuth Bubbles Yablonsky comes a witty, wild, and shocking tale about love suburban style.News bulletin: Gone is HBO?s Sex and the City. Sex has moved to the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0451219104
• ISBN13: 9780451219107
• Release Date: June 2006
• Publisher: Berkley / Nal
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

If you like Desperate Housewives...

I can see why people compare this book to the TV series: both feature exclusive communities populated by fashion-obsessed and sex-full women. But being a writer myself, I know this is no case of copycatting. It takes the typical book 12-18 months to achieve publication...after it's been written, delivered, and accepted. Doing the math, this would indicate that, just as I've always thought, anytime a writer thinks she has an original idea, there's someone else somewhere in the world coming up with the same thought. And yet, here is the thing: I gave up on DH halfway throuugh the current season but I never gave up on Ms. Strohmeyer's book, not for a second. Sure, this is pure escapist fun, but with everything that's wrong with the world, isn't that what most of us need from time to time? Two thumbs, loaded with bling-bling, way up.

TRUE

I am from Moreland Hills Ohio which is where the story is based on. The town over is Hunting Valley, the other half of the made up Hunting Hills. I am a college student and happened to be drawn to the book by the cover, only then did I realize it is about my hometown. all i can say is this book is soo true as to what happens back home. I even went to the school that Holly was based on and I wore a green skirt as I played field hockey. this book is amazing and i dont even read that often but I could not even put it down.

Makes desperate housewives look tame

Couldn't put this book down. A fun read with great twists and turns. Makes those tv housewives look tame. Strohmeyer has an easy way with words and a sense of humor that really shows. And the characters come across as real. Strohmeyer writes as if the story happened this past weekend.