Saturday, January 31, 2015

The Last Original Wife/Dorothea Benton Frank/352 pages

Leslie and Wesley, known to all as Les and Wes, are still on their first marriage. Death and divorce ended their friends' marriages, and the husbands replaced the first wives with much younger versions  (the Barbies as Les calls them) within months. Wes' loud and abusive nature makes him less of a prize than one would think. Their adult children seem to lack motivation and financial stability. An accident resulting in injury on a vacation and the subsequent discovery of bank statements showing untold wealth have Les fleeing back to her childhood home in Charleston for an extended visit to her brother while she sorts out her life.

An engrossing novel that deals with what do you do when you realize you are unhappy and have no one to blame but yourself.

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