Beside Herself

Name: Beside Herself
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Elizabeth LaBan
ISBN: 9781799748809

Author: Elizabeth LaBan

Narrator: Erin Bennett

Unabridged: 7 hr 49 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 10/22/2019

Categories: Fiction, Women, Family Life, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

With her signature wit and charm, bestselling author Elizabeth LaBan shows how marriage doesn’t necessarily follow a straight line and unexpected detours might just bring you back to the place you most want to be.When she finds out her husband cheated, Hannah Bent thinks her marriage is over. Isn’t that what happens after an affair? But she’s seen friends divorce, and it’s not pretty. Plus, she and Joel have kids and an otherwise-happy life, and she still loves him, although begrudgingly.Furious and feeling stuck, she suggests having her own affair to even the score. Joel, desperate for forgiveness, agrees. But does she really want to go through with it? And how exactly does a married mother of two get back in the dating pool? Many awkward dates follow until she finds a deep and unexpected connection where she was least looking for it.Just as she thinks she’s made a decision, her journey to happiness is waylaid by storms of doubt. But the important thing is that she’s finally figuring out what she truly wants for herself, and she understands that whatever choice she makes must be hers and hers alone.

About Elizabeth LaBan

Elizabeth LaBan is the author of Not Perfect, The Restaurant Critic’s Wife, and Pretty Little World, which she wrote with Melissa DePino. She is also the author of The Tragedy Paper, which has been translated into eleven languages, and The Grandparents Handbook, which has been translated into seven languages. She lives in Philadelphia with her restaurant-critic husband and two children.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jennifer ~ TarHeelReader on October 29, 2019

When Hannah finds out her husband has cheated, she thinks it’s time to move on because that’s what everyone else does. It turns out that’s not her plan. She loves her husband, and other than the cheating, their family life was happy before. Then, Hannah becomes angry. She decides she should cheat, to......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on October 29, 2019

3.5 ☕️☕️☕️☕️ Rounded up! Every so often, I like to pick up “issue driven” fiction-a story where two sides of an issue are presented, allowing you to consider another’s point of view, regarding a certain issue or decision that must be made. This sounded like THAT kind of book. Hannah finds that her h......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on October 28, 2019

Goodreads review by Tmstprc on September 06, 2021

Reread 9/5/2021: this book was discussed in a FB group the other day, and enough readers chimed in with “I liked it” that I was left thinking “huh, what did I miss?” Still not impressed. Weak husband cheats because he can, she finds out after his affair is over, which wasn’t really a full blown affair......more

Goodreads review by Марія on September 23, 2024

2.5* DNF на 50%, бо в цій книзі занадто багато нецікавих деталей і якийсь дуже відсторонений, беземоційний стиль оповіді.......more

Quotes

“A moving look at the heartbreaks and high points of a long relationship.” —Kirkus Reviews“Told in her signature realistic style, LaBan (Not Perfect, 2018) brings to life what happens when a marriage goes devastatingly wrong…This is a great addition to collections where Elyssa Frieland’s The Intermission (2018) and other stories of misguided but appealing characters messing up relationships are popular.” —Booklist“This book begins quickly with an intriguing premise…LaBan gives voice to the conflicting thoughts and emotions spouses experience following infidelity.” —Library Journal