- Mass Market Paperback: 528 pages
- Publisher: Pocket; later printing edition (Sep 1 1996)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0671002481
- ISBN-13: 978-0671002480
- Product Dimensions: 17 x 10.7 x 3.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 113 g
- Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (19 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #2,150,612 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From Publishers Weekly
This empowering romp tells of three divorcees in late-'80s Manhattan who plot revenge against their ex-husbands and eventually win justice.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
From Library Journal
Annie, Elise, and Brenda are all good wives who have helped their husbands achieve success. Now that their men are at the pinnacle, they find themselves dumped for younger, sleeker "trophy wives." So they band together to form the "First Wives Club" for the purpose of seeing justice done. There are obvious problems with this first novel. For one thing, the husbands are the kind of guys you love to hate and the younger women are all immature and selfish. The first wives may have their problems (drinking, overeating, and so on) but they are warm, likable characters, unlike their rotten spouses. Despite all this, it's still easy to cheer when the men reap their just rewards, and the first wives find love, happiness, and success. Money, sex, drugs, and revenge make for a heady mixture sure to be popular in any general fiction collection. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 11/1/91; Literary Guild alternate; movie rights to Paramount.
- Marilyn Jordan, Keiser Coll . Lib., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
- Marilyn Jordan, Keiser Coll . Lib., Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
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Manhattan, island of glittering dreams, slept in the pre-dawn darkness. Read the first page
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Hilarious & Witty!!!!,
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This review is from: The First Wives Club Movie Tie In (Mass Market Paperback)
I loved "The First Wives Club" despite it being not my usual choice of reading. The characters were well developed & it was so much fun to read. You really root for the characters & it is an empowering novel. This novel was so funny & witty-----it is delicious. This is one of those novels oyu can breeze right thorugh, and have so much fun with it.The plot is so original & well done. I would definitely recommend this to anyone, if you usually read deep, very emotional novels---here is your break from that, & if you read easy, fun novels, then here's another one that you'll love.
3.0 out of 5 stars
Enjoyed the book, annoyed by the movie.,
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This review is from: The First Wives Club Movie Tie In (Mass Market Paperback)
A good read. The movie was silly while the book has a more serious tone. Actually, the book is almost nothing like the movie. Read/see both and decide for yourself. I really liked "The Bestseller" and "Fashionably Late", even though they seemed to drag in spots.
5.0 out of 5 stars
There is a strong woman behind every successful man...,
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This review is from: The First Wives Club Movie Tie In (Mass Market Paperback)
...or so the saying goes. But there is also a woman behind every man's downfall...another saying goes. This novel is a satire on society's double standard norms. But instead of sounding feminist, bitter & pathetic, our heroines are funny & witty despite their intense desire to seek revenge...nay justice. The book dealt on how Elise, Brenda & Annie formed the First Wives Club, how they connived to mete out punishments to erring husbands & how they discovered their own identities & happiness along the way. Despite having a more serious tone compared with its movie version, Goldsmith's book is funnier & revenge tastes sweeter. Oh, I can't help but gloat over the ex-husbands' downfall.
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