Getting Rid Of Matthew - Softcover

Fallon, Jane

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0006481205 ISBN 13: 9780006481201

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers, 2007

Synopsis

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Helen loves Matthew. She’s sure of it. Otherwise, why would she have endured years as his faithful mistress? Years without a full night spent together, years of waiting to be called “the Mrs.”

But when someday becomes today and Matthew leaves his wife, Sophie, Helen suddenly realizes she isn’t so keen. Matthew is mopey and messy and impossible to get rid of. So Helen decides she needs a plan: Stop shaving my armpits. And bikini line. Pick holes in the way he dresses. When that fails, new plan: Accidentally, on purpose, bump into Sophie. Fake a new identity and befriend her. Begin to really like Sophie (unplanned). Befriend Matthew’s two teenage daughters. Unsuccessfully. Let everyone at work believe that another co-worker is the real home-wrecker. Watch your whole plan go wrong. Absolutely. Terribly. Wrong.

With her caustic wit, intelligently drawn characters and a story that’s a terrific contemporary twist on the classic “other woman” tale, Getting Rid of Matthew is a highly entertaining, completely satisfying read.

About this title

About the Author:

JANE FALLON is a leading figure in the TV industry. Her first novel, Getting Rid of Matthew, was a Richard & Judy pick in the UK and an international bestseller. She lives in London with her longtime partner, Ricky Gervais (of The Office).

From Publishers Weekly:

Brit TV producer Fallon takes careful what you wish for to hilarious heights in her debut novel, a comedy of errors triggered by a mistress who discovers thrice-weekly hookups with her married lover are better than a 24/7 relationship with him. Helen, office staffer at a public relations firm catering to desperate D-list celebrities, is fast approaching her 40th birthday with little chance of swimming out of the secretary pool or snagging a full-time commitment from Matthew, her middle-aged lover and relay relationshipper. When Matthew abruptly leaves wife Sophie and preteen daughters Suzanne and Claudia to move in with Helen, she's not sure it's the happy ending she prefers. Thus begins a head-spinning ruse to convince Matthew to go back home and to persuade Sophie and her scene-stealing pair of potty-mouthed children to take him back: Helen invents a new persona, hard-charging PR whiz Eleanor, who befriends Sophie and gives her advice to repair her shattered marriage. The scheme gets more elaborate when Helen/Eleanor falls for Matthew's estranged eldest son. This delightfully fizzy chick lit caper goes disappointingly flat before the finish, but the surprising and rewarding treat is a bright, grown-up story of two women who discover friendship and trust in one another. (Aug.)
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About this edition

• Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0006481205
• ISBN 13: 9780006481201
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 416