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The First Wives Club
The First Wives Club
Author: Olivia Goldsmith
ISBN-13: 9780671746933
ISBN-10: 0671746936
Publication Date: 3/15/1992
Pages: 480
Rating:
  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 37 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
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SanJoseCa avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 328 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A story of 3 women who plot the perfect revenge for their ex-husbands, and "discover themselves and love along the way!" A little "raunchy," but very funny. The perfect airplane and beach book!
Patouie avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 132 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Fun revenge. The female characters are differentiated, the male characters a little flat, but the book is a kick.
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Helpful Score: 1
How 3 women get revenge against thier husbands (who ran to younger women).
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Better than the movie!
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Helpful Score: 1
Loved this book - revenge at its best. Hasn't everybody had fantasies of getting even with someone?
scrapbooklady avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 472 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
"First Wives Club" is a satire on society's double standard. Elise, Brenda and Annie are wives who were dumped by their greedy husbands for younger, blonder models. When a mutual friend committed suicide in her devastation over her divorce by a greedy Wall Street mogul, the three women decided that enough was enough! And while plotting the perfect revenge for their ex-husbands, they also discover themselves and love along the way!...The perfect book to read on a hot summer day!!
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Payback time for three wives who were discarded for trophy wives.
a really funny novel with a conclusion that you can believe.
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Elise, Brenda, and Annie were all first wives. A movie star and heiress, Elise had connections that paved the way for her lawyer husband. Brenda's "family" business launched her husband's home-entertainment empire. And Annie sustained her spouse on his rise in the advertising world. But when their husbands were at the pinnacle of success, they abandoned their mates for trophy wives - younger, blonder, sleeker models.

Lunching at Le Cirque one day, Annie, Brenda, and Elise decide it's time to get even. How they conspire to give each man his due-in full view of tout New York society-makes for the smartest, sexiest, most wickedly funny blockbuster in years.
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Helpful Score: 1
NOT EXACT WITH THE MOVIE. THIS BOOK HAS A MORE SERIOUS FEEL.
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Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed this book. I also enjoyed the movie too.
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story of four woman and their ups and downs.getting divorces and getting revenge.and coming back stronger.very funny...
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payback's a b***h, and sooooo worth it!
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A fun look at the secret fantasies of first wives! :>
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This is a great book! It is totally believable! Revenge is indeed sweet.
kskrista avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 162 more book reviews
Riveting. Read it straight through. Did nothing else all day. ;-)
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Great book, better than the movie (but I always feel that way!)
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Loved it. Reminded me of the movie...both were good
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Great book could hardly put it down.
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Excellent!
MRSGROOT avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 8 more book reviews
I loved this book. The book is sooo much better than the movie. It is a woman power feel good book. The author made her characters very real.
Claudielou avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 77 more book reviews
What a fun book!
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I started reading this book but stopped in the middle. I just could take all the cursing in it. there were to many F-words for me. When they weren't cursing it was sorta funny though.
CK avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 40 more book reviews
three best friends who were dumped by their husbands decide to turn the tables on the men. Very amusing book.
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Abandoned first wives "get even"!
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Excellent book.
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So much fun! The ultimate book for any woman who has ever been betrayed...
carlamo avatar reviewed The First Wives Club on + 269 more book reviews
Elise, Brenda, and Annie were all first wives. A movie star and heiress, Elise had connections that paved the way for her lawyer husband. Brenda's "family" business launched her husband's home-entertainment empire. And Annie sustained her spouse on his rise in the advertising world. But when their husbands were at the pinnacle of success, they abandoned their mates for trophy wives - younger, blonder, sleeker models.

Lunching at Le Cirque one day, Annie, Brenda, and Elise decide it's time to get even. How they conspire to give each man his due-in full view of tout New York society-makes for the smartest, sexiest, most wickedly funny blockbuster in years.
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Funny and fun! An enjoyable book to read and plot to follow.
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If you enjoyed Fifty Shades of Grey you would enjoy this book. However, this book follows many different characters and the struggles they have within their marriages and divorce. It points out that friendship will get you through the rough times along with humor. I enjoyed reading this book and found it to be entertaining especially since I divorced my first husband and then found and married a good man the second time.
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Three women were the "first wives" who's husbands left for younger women. They conspire together to give each man his due - getting even in full view on New York society. Very funny and sexy.
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The characters are extremely well developed and the parts from the wive's points of view are interesting. But a lot of parts tend to drag and are boring.
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Elise, Brenda, and Annie were all first wives but when their husbands abandon them for younger "trophy" wives, they decide to get even. Funny book! Great read!
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Great book. Awful movie!
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I liked the movie version better which is rarely the case with me.
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I haven't read the book, it was my mother's.
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My book has the actresses from the movie on the cover, but I believe it to be the same book. Delightful read.
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The cover has a movie tie-in photo
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