Chloe Zhivago's Recipe for Marriage and Mischief: A Novel

A smart, fresh novel about a woman whose attraction to another man forces her to reconsider her whole life—from her marriage of seventeen years, to her teenage children who need her less than they once did, to the very notion of happily ever after.

Meet Chloe Zhivago, 43 and definitely not counting. Married for what feels like all eternity to Greg who tests his memory in infuriating ways like hiding the kettle from himself in the drum of the washing machine, and spends an inordinate amount of time writing letters of complaint to the parking commission, Chloe is a successful psychotherapist with two children, a beloved best friend who lives across the park from her, and a Famous Friend from hell. She's got it all. So why does she want to erase her life and start again? Is this it? she asks herself. Will I never sleep with another man again? When Chloe meets temptation in the form of Ivan, does she dare risk a passionate Russian romance before gravity wins the battle with her face and figure? Can she get away with one glorious, final fling? Dr. Zhivago didn't. And just look what happened to Anna Karenina...

This a razor sharp, wonderfully funny, sexy novel asks a serious question—how do you keep love alive in a longstanding marriage?—and answers it with poignancy and pure delicious comedy.