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The wife app / Carolyn Mackler.
Three women create the Wife App to monetize the things wives do for free. Soon, it's the biggest start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. And the consequences are larger than anything they expected.
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- ISBN: 9781982158798 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 353 pages ; 24 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster, 2023.
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| Subject: | Divorced women > Fiction. Female friendship > Fiction. Mobile apps > Fiction. New business enterprises > Fiction. Unpaid labor > Fiction. New York (N.Y.) > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Humorous fiction. Domestic fiction. Novels. |
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- Baker & Taylor
Railing against everything wives do for free, three best friends build an app that monetizes the mental load, and before long, itâs the fasting growing start-up in NYC, but the consequences are bigger than they could have expected as life, love and ex-husbands intervene. - Baker & Taylor
"Because every wife deserves a happy ending. Three best friends decide they're finally done with their ex-husbands taking their work as wives and moms for granted. They're ready to monetize the mental load, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride inthe process. Lauren, mother of twins, wakes up one morning to her Wife Alarm Bells sounding. She sleuths on her husband's phone and stumbles on a dirty secret that explodes her marriage. Madeline has it all--a penthouse apartment, a perfect daughter, andno-strings-attached romps with handsome men. When she learns that she might lose her child to her ex in England, it stirs up a decades-old personal tragedy. Sophie, with too much FOMO and never enough money, obsesses over her ex-husband's Family 2.0--allwhile keeping her true desires hidden, even from herself. It starts as a joke during a tipsy night out, as Lauren, Madeline, and Sophie rail against everything wives do for free. Let's build an app that monetizes the mental load. And maybe get revenge onour exes in the process? Soon, the Wife App is born, and before long, it's the fastest growing start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. Love intervenes. Ex-husbands intervene. And the consequences are bigger than anything Lauren, Madeline, orSophie could have expected. Carolyn Mackler marks her debut into adult fiction with a hilarious rollercoaster ride of revenge and redemption that is at once a send-up of modern marriage and a celebration of female friendship and love in all forms"-- - Simon and Schuster
Because every wife deserves a happy ending.
Three best friends decide theyâre finally done with their ex-husbands taking their work as wives and moms for granted. Theyâre ready to monetize the mental load, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride in the process in this novel that is âfresh, funny, empowering, and totally satisfyingâ (Judy Blume).
Lauren, mother of twins, wakes up one morning to her Wife Alarm Bells sounding. She sleuths on her husbandâs phone and stumbles on a dirty secret that explodes her marriage. Madeline has it allâa penthouse apartment, a perfect daughter, and no-strings-attached romps with handsome men. But when she learns she might lose her child to her ex in England, it stirs up a decades-old personal tragedy. Sophie, with too much FOMO and never enough money, obsesses over her ex-husbandâs Family 2.0âall while keeping her true desires hidden, even from herself.
It starts as a joke during a tipsy night out, as Lauren, Madeline, and Sophie rail against everything wives do for free. Letâs build an app that monetizes the mental load. And maybe revenge on our exes in the process. Soon, the Wife App is born, and before long, itâs the fastest growing start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. Love intervenes. Ex-husbands intervene. And the consequences are bigger than anything Lauren, Madeline, or Sophie could have expected. Carolyn Mackler marks her debut into adult fiction with a rollercoaster ride of revenge and redemption that is at once a send-up of modern marriage and a celebration of female friendship and love in all forms.
