My Wifes Affair, Nancy Woodruff
My Wifes Affair, Nancy Woodruff
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My Wife's Affair
A Novel

Author: Nancy Woodruff

Narrator: Johnny Heller

Unabridged: 6 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 05/17/2010

Categories: Fiction, Psychological, Women


Synopsis

Georgie and Peter, very much in love, move to London with their three children. Once there, Georgie's dormant acting career takes off and she wins the role of Dora Jordan in a one-woman show. Dora Jordan was the most famous comic actress of the eighteenth century (she had thirteen illegitimate children, including ten by the future king of England).

As Georgie rehearses for her part, she becomes increasingly drawn to Dora Jordan, who she sees as a working mother with struggles exactly like her own. And when Georgie can no longer fight her attraction to the playwright, she begins an affair with tragic results.

Narrated by Peter, a failed-writer-turned-businessman, My Wife's Affair is about infidelity, passion, duty, and about finally getting what you want and then wanting still more.

About Nancy Woodruff

Nancy Woodruff received her M.F.A. from Columbia University, where she won the Henfield/Transatlantic Review Award.
She taught writing at Columbia and SUNY Purchase before moving in 1997 to London, where she taught for eight years at Richmond, the American International University. She is the author of Someone Else's Child. She currently teaches at New York University and lives in Brooklyn with her husband, sons, and daughter.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Alex on October 11, 2010

I read this novel in two days. Two busy days, at that. An awful lot of people have observed that this book is nigh impossible to put down once you begin reading, and I can confirm that this is indeed the case. The author pulls you in to the story, and then simply doesn’t let go. The narrative drags......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on April 29, 2010

Ok, this one is going to be a hard one to review and would have much rather reviewed it before I read the final two chapters. It is going to so difficult to explain what I didn't like about this book without giving anything away (which is something I totally dislike in a review) I will try my best! G......more

Goodreads review by Kristine on April 28, 2011

Well written and for the most part held my interest. The story is told through the voice of the husband and the author is able to weave a tale that captures your attention from the start. The parts I found at times odious were when the book would slip into the dialogue of Dora Jordan, the actress th......more

Goodreads review by H.L. on September 13, 2022

A story about an egotistical woman whose selfishness spurred unfortunate reactions and cost her family dearly.......more

Goodreads review by Joanna on April 26, 2011

Nancy Woodruff's novel My Wife's Affair is the story of exactly that -- an affair. Told from the perspective of the cuckolded husband, however, it becomes so much more than that. It is actually the story of a marriage, and could be titled as such, were it not for the eventual fate the marriage inesc......more