Regrets Only, Erin Duffy
Regrets Only, Erin Duffy
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Regrets Only
A Novel

Author: Erin Duffy

Narrator: Nan McNamara

Unabridged: 11 hr 19 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 05/08/2018


Synopsis

From the author of Bond Girl and Lost Along the Way, comes a fiercely funny, insightful story of marriage, family, and the crooked path to figuring out who we really are.Claire thought she had everything a woman was supposed to want—a loving husband, a newborn son, a beautiful home in the suburbs. Then she walks in on her husband canoodling with their realtor in their newly renovated kitchen, and in an instant, her perfect life comes crashing down.  With her marriage heading for divorce, Claire knows it’s time to stop feeling sorry for herself. But how can she move on when she’s still stuck in the orbit of her husband’s world? For starters, she can get rid of her soon-to-be ex’s possessions—including his prized, gigantic foosball table—by dumping them onto the curb…until complaints from the neighbors get the police involved. Now Claire is busy dodging the mean mommies at story hour and hiding from her ex-husband’s girlfriend in the grocery store. But as Claire soon learns, suburbia still has a few surprises in store for her—surprises that will make her question her choices from the past, send her down an unexpected road to self-discovery, and maybe even lead to new love.Desperate for a positive outlet to channel her frustrations, she turns to girlfriends Lissy and Antonia for help. Together they join forces to rebrand Lissy’s local stationery store and turn it into a thriving business. But as Claire soon learns, suburbia still has a few surprises in store for her—surprises that will make her question her choices from the past, send her down an unexpected road to self-discovery, and maybe even new love. Featuring a second coming-of-age story, Regrets Only deftly explores the subtle nuances of marriage, family, friendship, and what it means to be a woman today, while delighting readers as its unforgettable heroine acts on impulses we’ve all been guilty of having.

About Erin Duffy

Erin Duffy graduated from Georgetown University with a B.A. in English and worked on Wall Street, a career that inspired her first novel, Bond Girl. She lives in New York City with her husband (whom she met the old-fashioned way—in a bar).


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katy O. on June 12, 2018

Thanks to the publisher for this free review copy! * It is well-established that I love stories about motherhood + friendship + entrepreneurs so this one definitely was already destined to be one I'd highly enjoy......and I really, really did. I laughed out loud at parts of it and although Claire was......more

Goodreads review by Gaele on May 10, 2018

Solid characters with an ease in the writing style that foreshadows and allows readers to instantly sort the “good” from the “bad” and find the likeable characters. To be honest, the characters here were the best thing about the story – as we struggle through with Claire as she tries to reframe her......more

Goodreads review by Nicole on October 03, 2018

Started out strong and I really related to the main character but it sort of lost steam in the middle and seemed unbelievable what some of the characters said and did......more

Goodreads review by Tera on April 03, 2019

This book started out okay, I thought I would enjoy it, I wanted to enjoy it. But the main character was way too damn whiny. I never thought I could experience so much irritation reading words because all’s they did was bitch. It could’ve been more irritating to me too since I’ve been divorced twice......more

Goodreads review by Lily (Night Owl Book Cafe) on May 23, 2018

I received this book for free from Publisher in exchange for an honest review. This does not affect my opinion of the book or the content of my review.Regrets Only follows a woman named Claire. Claire thinks she is really happy, she has a perfect husband who she moved from Chicago to Connecticut to......more