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Book Review of The Good Wife Strikes Back

The Good Wife Strikes Back
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A wise and entertaining novel about a woman who veers off the beaten pathand 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, she remembers the career she abandoned and the life she left behind as a successful partner in her fathers 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 Italyto the pleasures of sun, wine, and food? Could it be time for . . . a change?