{"product_id":"wifehouse-paperback","title":"Wifehouse - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSonya Walger\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA woman who's always been defined as a wife, mother, and rule follower makes the complicated choice to put her own happiness first in this stunning novel that's perfect for readers of Miranda July, Taffy Brodesser-Akner, and Sarah Manguso.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Annie and Hector have been hosting their friends Candace, Edouard, and their son, Remy, in the guest house of their Connecticut home for many months while their friends' home undergoes renovations. As a thank-you, Candace gifts Annie French lessons with twenty-six-year-old local French tutor, Thierry. Hector, an actor, goes to film on location, leaving Annie--newly bereaving her mother--to single-parent their two kids. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As the lessons progress, she finds herself unexpectedly vulnerable to the charms of a man closer in age to her own teenage daughter than to her own. A new life for Annie emerges, one she could never have foreseen. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Told over the course of one year, through the shifting perspectives of wife, husband, lover, best friend and children, Walger paints a contradictory, nuanced portrait of a woman who walks away from every role that tradition and society have expected of her. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSonya Walger\u003c\/b\u003e is an award-winning actress, best known for her role as Penny Widmore on \u003ci\u003eLost \u003c\/i\u003eand Molly Cobb in the first three seasons of Apple TV+'s \u003ci\u003eFor All Mankind\u003c\/i\u003e. She studied English Literature at Christ Church, Oxford and was the host of the literary podcast, \u003ci\u003eBookish\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eLion\u003c\/i\u003e, a semiautobiographical novel was published by New York Review Books in February 2025.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.2 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 07, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45589110521900,"sku":"9781454963301","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/TvofcE9guP9781454963301.webp?v=1780386921","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/wifehouse-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}