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The Second Wife
Aug 2, 2025 12:53 AM

Author:Elizabeth Buchan

The Second Wife

Lose yourself in the tantalising bestselling novel about fighting for what's yours from Elizabeth Buchan

What happens when the mistress gets her man?

Against the odds, that's what happened to Minty. She stole her best friend Rose's husband Nathan and made him her own.

But now that she's got what she wanted - marriage, kids, a family home - she's discovering a few things she didn't bargain on: the cold shoulder from Nathan's other family, her husband's middle age and growing distance . . .

And accepting that first wives don't just go away.

What's more, age brings one or two other problems for Minty.

Problems that will lead her back to the one person she really doesn't want to face . . .

Praise for Elizabeth Buchan:

'Gorgeously well-written - funny, sad, sophisticated' Independent

'Beautifully observed, with the insight and humour that one has come to expect from the author' Times

'Compelling, compassionate, and aglow with moments of laugh-or-cry humour' Mail on Sunday

'Buchan is a cut above the rest' Sunday Mirror

Reviews

For those who find the books too long-winded and the films too noisy, this is the perfect way to assimilate the myth and magic of Middle-earth

—— Guardian

One of the jewels of the Augustan age

—— Sunday Times

Witty, perceptive, observant, provocative, wise; funny but never played just for laughs; the best book I've read this year

—— TOM HOLT

Amusing, poignant, challenging...it is more than just a comic read, no ordinary passing-of age novel and certainly not a male menopause rant... In truth, it probably deserves to be in a class of its own

—— SUNDAY EXPRESS

Tragic, funny, sensitive, raging against the modern world, and proof that an ordinary middle-aged bloke really does have feelings

—— MICHELLE HANSON

An enjoyable, funny, touching novel.

—— THE TIMES

A nice first-timer from Wilson... Lots of lovely cameos and wit... Great fun.

—— MANCHESTER EVENING NEWS
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