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Book Review of The Good Wife Strikes Back

The Good Wife Strikes Back
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Elizabeth Buchan's New York Times bestseller Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman was hailed as "a thoughtful, intelligent, funny, coming-of-middle-age story". Now she's back with another wise and entertaining novel about a woman who veers off the beaten path - and finds much more than she bargained for. After nineteen years of being the perfect wife to an ambitious politician. Fanny Savage is restless. Tired of merely keeping quiet and looking good at public engagements, Fanny remembers the career she abandoned and the life she left behind as a successful partner in her father's Italian wine business. She has devoted two decades to being the Good Wife. Was it worth it, after all? Could it be time for a trip back to Italy - to the pleasures of sun, wine and food? Could it be time for...a change?