The Other Woman: A Novel

by Rona Jaffe

Overview

Back in print for the first time in decades, New York Times bestselling author Rona Jaffe’s classic novel captures a time when women were caught between the institution of Mad Men and the revolution of Gloria Steinem.

Carol Prince realized very early on that the life of a slavish housewife was not for her. Instead of finding a husband, she builds a career as a features writer for a glossy magazine and enjoys the freedom and indulgences the position affords her. Soon enough, all of her friends are divorced, Women’s Lib has arrived, and Carol is quite satisfied conducting interviews on glittering film sets or in swanky bars, and having flings with gorgeous men.

But then she meets Matthew Fitzgerald. He is handsome and successful and rich…and married. Over time, they become more and more enamored of each other and Carol is forced to make a decision. She may preserve her status as an independent woman, or sacrifice her ideals for the one thing she never thought she needed—a man.

Before Carrie Bradshaw, there was Carol Prince.  The Other Woman is a witty and captivating novel about the choices we make, and how they define us.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062397232
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	12/23/2014
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	5.30(w) x 7.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

He was nobody's hero until he landed in the wrong bed …

Armed with a golden retriever and a concealed weapons permit, Lena Clark is fighting for normal. She served her country, but the experience left her emotionally numb and estranged from her career-military family. Staying in Independence Falls seems like the first step to reclaiming her life until the town playboy stumbles into her bed …

Chad Summers is living his dream—helicopter logging by day and slipping between the sheets with Mrs. Right Now by night. Until his wild nights threaten his day job, leaving Chad with a choice: prove he can settle down or kiss his dream goodbye. But when he ends up in the wrong bed, the one woman in Independence Falls he can't touch offers a tempting proposition. Chad is ready and willing to give in to the primal desire to make Lena his at night—on one condition. By day, they pretend their relationship is real.

But their connection extends beyond the bedroom, threatening to turn their sham into reality if Chad can prove he's the hero Lena needs night and day … forever.

Editorial Reviews

As shiny as nail polish with just that kind of mortality when it chips…This is Rona Jaffe’s most finished and most appealing book since The Best of Everything.” — Kirkus Reviews

“I read somewhere that Lena Dunham makes everyone read [Rona Jaffe], which makes perfect sense to me.” — The Hairpin

“Jaffe’s heroines are able to test the boundaries. They are changed by what they experience. But…so is the world.” — Telegraph

“The kind of book that critics…refer to as… ‘a small masterpiece’.” — New York Times Book Review

From the Publisher

Jaffe’s heroines are able to test the boundaries. They are changed by what they experience. But…so is the world.

Telegraph

I read somewhere that Lena Dunham makes everyone read [Rona Jaffe], which makes perfect sense to me.

The Hairpin

The kind of book that critics…refer to as… ‘a small masterpiece’.

New York Times Book Review