Ruth Pratchett discovers her husband is having a passsionate affair with romantic novelist, Mary Fisher, and is so seized by envy that she embarks on a course of destruction which brings her an amazing reward and those around her their just deserts. By the author of "The Cloning of Joanna May".

'A savage, sadistic even, but beautifully and compellingly written satire'

Vorwort
The bestselling classic tale of a woman scorned, from a much-loved British author.

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Fay Weldon

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'ONE OF OUR VERY BEST WRITERS' Sunday Times

'A tour de force'
The Times

'Intoxicating'
Daily Telegraph

'Devilishly delightful'
New York Times Book Review

'Beautifully and compellingly written'
Sunday Express

'Audacious'
Times Literary Supplement

THE BESTSELLING CLASSIC TALE OF A WOMAN SCORNED, FROM A MUCH-LOVED BRITISH AUTHOR

Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish.

Rather the opposite in fact - simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. But when she discovers that her husband is having a passionate affair with the lovely romantic novelist Mary Fisher, she is so seized by envy that she becomes truly diabolic. Within weeks she has burnt down the family home, collected the insurance, made love to the local drunk and embarked on a course of destruction and revenge.

A blackly comic satire of the war of the sexes, The Life and Loves of a She Devil is the fantasy of the wronged woman made real.

PRAISE FOR FAY WELDON

'She's a Queen of Words'
Caitlin Moran

'A national treasure'
Literary Review

'The literary equivalent of a stiff drink, a dip in the Atlantic in January, a pep talk by a mildly sadistic coach'
New York Times

'Times have changed and Weldon is one of the people who have changed them'
The Times

'One of the great lionesses of modern English literature'
Harper's Bazaar

'Fay Weldon's voice is as unmistakeable as her acerbic wit'
Financial Times

Zusammenfassung
The bestselling classic tale of a woman scorned, from a much-loved British author.