To Catch a Husband: An Ex-Wives Novel

by Lindsay Graves and Noelle Crooks

In the exclusive southern California community of Colina Linda, money means everything. But snagging a man who has money means even more. When billionaire David Clemente files for divorce, his newly... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345485483
• ISBN13: 9780345485489
• Release Date: August 2006
• Publisher: Ballantine Books
• Length: 260 Pages
• Weight: 0.47 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Four Divorcee's+One man=trouble

Billionaire David Clemente just seperated from his wife. This causes Lally Chandler, Jessica DiSantini, and Caitlin Latch who are also newly divorced tring to out do the others trying to win him. What happens? Who ends up winning David? Read To Catch a Husband

It ain't just chick lit

This is a fast-paced, mordantly funny delight that rises far above its ostensible genre. The chick-lit crowd will love it, but so too will devotees of Meg Wolitzer or Elinor Lipman. There's never a dull moment with Graves, and best of all, you won't hate yourself in the morning.

Better than a glass of 1983 Opus One

A perfect book to read now that September's here and the kids are back at school! Drop off the carpool, go home, curl up on the couch and take a delicious break from real life responsibilites with this intelligent and witty take on the lives of 4 divorcees, all of whom are only too human in spite of--or because of--their hysterically funny foibles. Too smart to be escapist, too much fun to be 'high art,' TO CATCH A HUSBAND manages to satirize, yet catch your emotions, often within the same paragraph. It's also a page turner... I didn't put it down until I'd finished it.

Totally fun and faaaabulous...

One of the most entertaining, funny and well-written books I've read in a long time. The characters are vivid and hysterically over-the-top, but the narration is wise and clever and you actually wind up loving (and rooting for) these crazy, messed-up ladies-who-lunch. As some reviews (and the publicity materials) point out, it is kinda similar to "Desperate Housewives" but on a totally higher plane - These girls are more of the Dynasty-level of wealth than Wisteria Lane and the through-the-looking-glass experience of their fabulous lives is crazy fun. I totally recommend TO CATCH A HUSBAND to readers who like their novels brisk and funny with wonderful characters and behind-the-scenes glimpses of the lifestyles of the rich and famous - what you might not expect is that, even as you're laughing your head off at what these ladies do to one-up their rivals for the attention of the town's most eligible billionaire, you actually come to care about them. A really good blend of humor and emotion, this book is a total keeper.

amusing and witty Ex-Wives club

In Colina Linda, California the fearsome female foursome are friends of a sort as survivors of the deadliest combat known to humanity, the divorce wars. They each in fact triumphed in combat coming out of the courts battle in excellent condition as they took their spouses for at least half of their worth. Now the ex-wives quartet meets to discuss charity ventures, but the real not hidden agenda is gossip mostly about the men in their lives or those they would like in their lives. Jessica DiSantini, Lally Chandler, Caitlin Latch and Janey Martinez meet for lunch where the current discussion focuses on newly divorced hunk suave David Clemente, whose spouse dumped him for their art dealer; his billions add to his charm. Each of the women want David as their escort to charity events, galas, and the boudoir so they compete for his affection at the same time that other sirens and vultures hone in on their prey especially a housebreaker who invades their homes and darkest secrets. Though probably this book will be banned by those who insist marriage is sacred in spite of a fifty percent divorce rate, this irreverent look at relationships is amusing and witty. The four female predators are right out of Desperate Housewives, but actually should be dubbed desperate divorcees. However the key to this fine contemporary character study is that readers will empathize with the four females, who use their earned dysfunctional relationship badge as a means to hide their deep rooted vulnerability. Lindsay Graves pokes fun at societal relationships with the amusing Ex-Wives club. Harriet Klausner