The Fallout

by Tamar Cohen

Overview

When close friends split, take care whose side you're on…

Dan and Sasha are Josh and Hannah's closest friends, and lately they all seem to spend more time with each other than they do apart. But cozy weekends together quickly dissolve into a bitter game of tug-of-war when Dan utters three treacherous little words: I'm leaving her.

Dan fully expects Josh to defend his choices—and that includes welcoming the sexy young model he's suddenly dating. Meanwhile, Dan's soon-to-be-ex-wife Sasha is devastated—dangerously so—by his betrayal, and she leans heavily on Hannah for support. Though Josh and Hannah try desperately to avoid the fallout of their friends' battle, they're quickly engulfed by the poisonous fog of attack lawyers, ugly accusations and untimely revelations. Soon they're suffocating in Dan and Sasha's secrets…and their own.

Darkly witty and utterly chilling, The Fallout exposes the volatile nature of divorce—and the new lovers, obsessions and broken relationships that are left in its wake.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780778317562
Publisher:	MIRA Books
Publication date:	05/31/2016
Edition description:	Original
Pages:	352
Product dimensions:	6.90(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Tamar Cohen is the author of five novels: The Mistress's Revenge, The War of the Wives, Someone Else's Wedding, The Broken (published asThe Fallout in NA) and Dying for Christmas. Her books have been translated into several different languages. She also writes for newspapers and magazines in the UK and lives in London with her partner, three children and one badly behaved dog.

Editorial Reviews

04/25/2016
Cohen (War of the Wives) captures divorce with pin-point accuracy in this unsettling read, where ugliness reigns, amicability flies out the window, and accusations, broken promises, financial shenanigans, and hatred dominate. When Dan decides to leave his wife, Sasha, for a 24-year-old model, their closest friends, Josh and Hannah (whose four-year-old is their own little girl’s best friend), become part of the drama. Dan’s efforts to minimize his betrayal just makes things worse. Sasha’s refusal to accept that her marriage is irreparably broken morphs into bitterness and vindictiveness. As Josh and Hannah try to remain neutral, financial worries, intimacy problems, and other dilemmas strain their marriage and damage their careers. Peppered throughout are pages from a girl who exhibits signs of a dual personality as a result of her mother’s abuse. Who is she? The reader knows Sasha had a horrible upbringing, but Hannah’s may have been even worse. Cohen’s marital drama morphs into a psychological thriller, and a last-minute twist set into motion much earlier in the narrative is brilliant. (June)

Publishers Weekly

"A story of the implicit social pacts of marriage... Utter, nasty, page-turning, delicious fun." -Caroline Kepnes, author of You

"Cohen's marital drama morphs into a psychological thriller, and a last-minute twist set into motion much earlier in the narrative is brilliant." -Publishers Weekly

"A sustained work of near genius." -The Daily Mail

"Dark, clever and utterly addictive." -Lisa Jewell, author of Before I Met You on War of the Wives

"A well-crafted plot, good, steady pacing and genuinely unique characters make this story an amusing, yet heartfelt read." -RT Book Reviews on War of the Wives

"Cohen has a talent for capturing the nuances of human emotion, and her expression of the different forms of grieving is realistic and engaging." -Booklist on War of the Wives

From the Publisher

06/01/2016
Hannah and Josh have a cozy family with little daughter Lily. Making it even more perfect are their best-couple friends, Sasha and Dan, whom they met years ago at a neighborhood new baby group. Their daughter, September, the same age as Lily, makes the sextet complete and inseparable. That changes when Dan leaves Sasha for a young, hot model named Sienna. Incensed, Sasha leans heavily on Hannah for support. Josh feels strongly about standing by Dan and works hard to continue being his friend, even while disagreeing with his decisions. And then things go Gone Girl bad. Josh and Hannah are tested personally—their marriage is on the rocks, their careers are in shambles, and bodily harm is imminent. Cohen (The War of the Wives) is so adept at drawing out her broken, flawed, and emotionally shattered characters that no one is very likable in this biting novel. VERDICT For fans of stories in the vein of Paula Hawkins's The Girl on the Train, this tensely written drama about the consequences of choosing sides when a marriage close to you goes down in flames is aptly named.—Beth Gibbs, Davidson, NC

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