The Other Woman

She's been called the vixen, the Jezebel, the Lorelei, the bitch...and other choice names. In truth, she is someone's daughter, mother, friend, confidante. She seduces husbands, breaks up marriages, and occasionally becomes a stepmother. Sometimes, she is even a victim. So who is this creature who arrives like a wrecking ball to destroy lives and families? She is the Other Woman--but she's only half the story. For every Other Woman, there is a wife or girlfriend whose relationship has...
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She's been called the vixen, the Jezebel, the Lorelei, the bitch...and other choice names. In truth, she is someone's daughter, mother, friend, confidante. She seduces husbands, breaks up marriages, and occasionally becomes a stepmother. Sometimes, she is even a victim. So who is this creature who arrives like a wrecking ball to destroy lives and families? She is the Other Woman--but she's only half the story. For every Other Woman, there is a wife or girlfriend whose relationship has been devastated or--surprisingly--blissfully liberated. Some women find themselves playing both roles during the course of a lifetime. THE OTHER WOMAN is an anthology collection of twenty-one essays that explore the highly personal, sometimes anguished, sometimes hilarious, but always compelling emotions women experience in either situation. With well-known and award-winning authors like Jane Smiley, Susan Cheever, Katharine Weber, Connie May Fowler, Laurie Stone, Dani Shapiro, and Lynn Freed contributing stories, THE OTHER WOMAN provides an intriguing insight into what women go through in defending--or breaking up--a relationship.