As Husbands Go by Susan Isaacs

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Scribner; Reprint edition (April 5, 2011)
Paperback: 368 pages
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As Husbands Go

Praise

"Bestseller Isaacs draws on tony Long Island, gritty New York City, and a tabloid-friendly murder for this smart-alecky whodunit/surprisingly sweet love story. Susan is left alone with her three boys, big suburban house, and nagging questions when plastic surgeon hubby Jonah Gersten turns up dead in a hooker's Upper East Side apartment. Though the police and prosecutors wind up their case against call girl Dorinda Dillon, it's far from settled for Susan. It simply didn't add up, in either my head or my heart, she confesses. And what better sidekick to track down the truth than Susan's rogue granny, Ethel. What follows is an intricate and fascinating dissection of Susan's marriage, family, husband's medical practice and partners, and the unwitting call girl at the center of it all. Isaacs ("Past Perfect") brings it all together in this fast and furious ride through wanton greed, fragile relationships, and love worth fighting for."
—Publishers Weekly Starred Review 

"Isaacs' latest Jewish-gal-under-stress adventure purrs along perfectly sharply funny, all-knowing, and marvelously diverting."
Booklist, Donna Seaman 

"Nobody but nobody skewers vanity with the daring yet big-hearted wit of Susan Isaacs. As Husbands Go is mandatory reading for anyone who's married, not married, was married or is thinking of getting married. I laughed my head off. And I was profoundly moved. That's what Isaacs does. And she does it better than anyone else on earth."
Patricia Volk, author of Stuffed and To My Dearest Friends

"With her usual keen eye for detail and humor, Isaacs takes a hard look at the sometimes impenetrable, often absurd social politics of upscale New York.  Susie is a winning heroine: wry, smart, and self-deprecating.  Fast paced and immensely satisfying, As Husbands Go is a novel about a woman trying to prove that her charmed life was no fairy tale, and in the process learning a lot about herself." - Bookpage

 "We have a great book for you...things, and spouses, are not what they seem in this rollicking caper." - Good Housekeeping