The Wives. Lauren Weisberger

      

      

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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

      First published in the USA as ‘When Life Gives You Lululemons’ by Simon and Schuster 2018

      Copyright © Lauren Weisberger 2018

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      Lauren Weisberger asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work.

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      This novel is entirely a work of fiction. The names, characters and incidents portrayed in it are the work of the author’s imagination. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or localities is entirely coincidental.

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      Source ISBN: 9780007569281

      Ebook Edition © June 2018 ISBN: 9780008299514

      Version: 2018-05-21

       Dedication

       To my entire family, with love

      Contents

       Cover

       Title Page

      Copyright

Dedication

Part One

1. Again with the Nazi Getup?

2. Living the Dream

3. Like a Common Criminal

4. Some of My Best Friends Are Jewish

5. Just Give Up. I Have.

6. Just a Cottage in the Country

7. Vodka and Tampax: A Match Made in Greenwich

8. Happy to Sip and Not to See

9. My Romantic Relationship

       10. The Suburbs Make You Fat

       11. Mom’s Night Out

       12. No Good Deed

       13. Celebrities Are Fickle and Oftentimes Stupid

       Part Two

       14. Viewing of the New German Au Pair

       15. Exactly Like Rehab, Only Different

       16. Just a Friend and a Blue Glitter Condom

       17. Pinterest’s Mom of the Year

       18. Road Trip

       19. America Wants to Forgive You

       20. Make It Stop

       21. Munching Xanax Like Gumballs

       22. Not the Only One Who Can Google

       23. Home to the Custom-Fit Vagina

       24. The Tides Are Turning and the Tears Are Terrific

       25. The Cocaine of the Kindergarten Set

       26. The Thousand-Dollar Throw

       27. The Dalai Lama of Blackmail

       28. One Little Ambien

       29. Willing to Do Whatever It Takes

       30. The Girl Has Balls

       31. Goodbye Wheatgrass, Hello Sarcasm

       Acknowledgements

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       About the Author

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