The release date for the English version of 'My Husband' by
Maud Ventura is Jul 2023. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
A sophisticated French woman spends her life fantasizing over her ideal spouse in this gripping and darkly humorous debut novel. But will their marriage withstand her intense love?
She has an amazing life at forty years old: a lucrative business, gorgeous appearance, a lovely suburban home, two healthy kids, and most significantly, the perfect spouse. She had been enamored with him for fifteen years. She's never quite certain, though, that her desire is returned. Would a genuinely enamored man, after all, ever release his wife's hand when they're cuddling on the couch?
She carefully plans every interaction with him, constantly making sure to project effortlessness, because she is determined to maintain their relationship flawless. She keeps a close eye on him, noting every error and correcting him as necessary to help him get better. In order to make sure he still loves her as much as he did when they first met, she also puts him to the test by setting traps.
Until the day she finds out that maybe she went too far...
My Husband, which won the 2021 French First Novel Prize, takes the idea of popular novels like Gone Girl and Fates and Furies—that is, how well can you really know your spouse—and adds the suspense and eerie obsession of You. The end product is an engrossing, suspenseful, and captivating novel that is replete with subtle, subversive humor and delivered in a wholly unique voice that leaves readers wanting more.
Translated by Emma Ramadan from French