{"product_id":"9781480412385","title":"The Life and Loves of a She Devil: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eFay Weldon takes “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned” to dazzling new heights in this quintessential novel about a wife’s revenge\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRuth loves her husband, Bobbo, a handsome, successful accountant. But Bobbo has fallen in love with Mary Fisher, a bestselling romance novelist who lives in a high tower overlooking the sea, pampered by her young, virile manservant. Mary is petite, dainty, and lovely. He tells Ruth about his affair and when Ruth reacts badly, he promptly moves out. In turn, Ruth decides to orchestrate a fiendish and masterful revenge. \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Loves of a She-Devil \u003c\/i\u003eis a masterpiece about love, hate, infidelity, corrosive envy, and the best kind of revenge. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eNovelist, playwright, and screenwriter Fay Weldon was born in England, brought up in New Zealand, and returned to the United Kingdom when she was fifteen. She studied economics and psychology at the University of St Andrews in Scotland. She worked briefly for the Foreign Office in London, then as a journalist, and then as an advertising copywriter. She later gave up her career in advertising, and began to write fulltime. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Fat Woman’s Joke\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1967. She was chair of the judges for the Booker Prize for fiction in 1983, and received an honorary doctorate from the University of St Andrews in 1990. In 2001, she was named a Commander of the British Empire. Weldon’s work includes more than twenty novels, five collections of short stories, several children’s books, nonfiction books, magazine articles, and a number of plays written for television, radio, and the stage, including the pilot episode for the television series \u003ci\u003eUpstairs Downstairs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eShe-Devil\u003c\/i\u003e, the film adaption of her 1983 novel \u003ci\u003eThe Life and Loves of a She-Devil\u003c\/i\u003e,\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003estarred Meryl Streep in a Golden Globe–winning role.  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47125793734896,"sku":"9781480412385","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781480412385","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}