The Husbands, Chandler Baker
The Husbands, Chandler Baker
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The Husbands
A Novel

Author: Chandler Baker

Narrator: Allyson Ryan

Unabridged: 12 hr 12 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/03/2021


Synopsis

A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK

“Chandler Baker, queen of the feminist thriller, has delivered once again! The Husbands is a poignant exploration of what it would take for women to have it all." —Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of The Good Sister

Chandler Baker, the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network, is back with The Husbands, a novel that asks: to what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband?

Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too… but why does it seem like she is always working so much harder?

When the Spanglers go house hunting in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered women—a tech CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, a bestselling author—with enviably supportive husbands. When she agrees to help with a resident’s wrongful death case, she is pulled into the lives of the women there. She finds the air is different in Dynasty Ranch. The women aren’t hanging on by a thread.

But as the case unravels, Nora uncovers a plot that may explain the secret to having-it-all. One that’s worth killing for. Calling to mind a Stepford Wives gender-swap, The Husbands imagines a world where the burden of the “second shift” is equally shared—and what it may take to get there.

A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books

"The Husbands is both a gripping, well-crafted mystery and an insightful critique of motherhood and marriage in the modern age--working mothers everywhere will feel seen in the best possible way.” —Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage

About Chandler Baker

Chandler Baker is the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network, a Reese’s Book Club pick, as well as the Good Morning America Book Club selection The Husbands. A former corporate lawyer, she lives in Austin, Texas, with her husband, two small children, and even smaller dog. Cutting Teeth is her third novel for adults.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Yun on July 11, 2024

So let me get this straight. Anytime you tire of your current husband, you can just send him off to the attic and a new one will appear? Hmm, you don't say. I can't resist a good premise. And this is undoubtedly a compelling one. But what starts out as a fun and possibly thought-provoking read just k......more

Goodreads review by Andrew on March 29, 2024

The only reason this fun, twisty, insightful book didn't get five stars is because I might still find a better one in the attic.......more

Goodreads review by Jayme on April 02, 2024

LESS IS MORE “When Lauren returns home to her flat in London late one night, she is greeted at the door by her husband, Michael. There’s only one problem—she’s not married”. But before she can figure out how she could possibly be married to someone she can’t remember meeting, Michael goes to the attic......more

Goodreads review by Ali on April 03, 2024

WHY IS THIS BOOK SO LONG?! It did not need to be more than 200 pages max. This was one of my most anticipated reads this year, and I pretty well speed read my way through this book. This concept is so amazing, but you get so many husbands, with almost no time invested in them, with the most one note......more

Goodreads review by Lala on January 10, 2025

This book was the perfect exploration of this strange concept. In a fabulist story, it remained so real and mundane. The repetitive googling trying to figure out what's going on, testing the magic attic over and over and over again, the cycle of contentedness to curiosity and back again...it was jus......more