{"product_id":"the-other-wife-by-jackie-thomas-kennedy-9781405972000","title":"The Other Wife","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Other Wife\u003c\/em\u003e is a bold debut about race and class, love and nostalgia, and learning to live with the life we have chosen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eSusan 'Zuzu' Braeburn is almost forty. She has the life she's always dreamed of - a beautiful house, a child, a successful partner. But something between her and Agnes has been off for a long time, and she can't help but wonder \u003cem\u003ewhat if\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat if she had chosen to live with her father instead of her mother after their divorce? To pursue art over law? And, most importantly, to pursue her feelings for her male best friend from college, Cash, instead of marrying Agnes?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhen an unexpected loss takes her back to her hometown over a single wintery weekend, the questions in Zuzu's mind become too loud to ignore. She grapples with the choices she's made and the knowledge that she doesn't have infinite time to make changes in her life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Other Wife\u003c\/em\u003e speaks to unfulfilled desires and the euphoric nostalgia that's particular to the beginning of middle age; it is heartfelt and daring in its reckoning with the quest for joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47976792064236,"sku":"9781405972000","price":28.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781405972000-the-other-wife.jpg?v=1784699578","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-other-wife-by-jackie-thomas-kennedy-9781405972000","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}