Getting Rid of Matthew — Jane Fallon

A sparkling, sophisticated, witty story about what happens when he finally leaves his wife for you ...and you realize you don't want him after all.

Helen is nearly forty, and has, for far too long, been having an affair with Matthew, a high-powered, attractive, much older, married man. After years of being disappointed by missed dates, broken promises, and hushed phone calls, she at last realizes enough is enough -- it's time to dump Matthew and get on with her life.

It's at this moment -- of course -- that Matthew decides to leave his wife for her, showing up on Helen's doorstep to announce, "I've done it! I've left her! I'm yours!" But as he proceeds to move in, Helen discovers how much she can't bear him. The only thing to do, she decides, is to convince his wife, Sophie, to take him back. Jane Fallon turns the conventional love story on its head in this irresistibly delicious, ironic debut for any woman who has ever realized that it's best to be careful what you wish for ...