An edition of GETTING RID OF MATTHEW (2007)

Getting Rid of Matthew

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Getting Rid of Matthew
Jane Fallon, Jane Fallon
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An edition of GETTING RID OF MATTHEW (2007)

Getting Rid of Matthew

  • 4.0 (2 ratings) ·
  • 6 Want to read
  • 4 Have read

A fabulous debut about a long-suffering nearly 40-something woman, Helen, and her affair with a family man named Matthew, who is not so surprisingly her boss. Just at the moment she decides it’s time to dump him and get on with her life, she opens the front door to find Matthew on her doorstep. “I’ve done it!” he announces triumphantly. “I’ve left her. I’m yours!” he tells her, and proceeds to move in. She is not brave enough to throw him out. She then discovers how much she can’t bear him, wherein ensues a zany plot that involves figuring out that the best way to get rid of Matthew is to befriend his wife and convince her to take him back. The only problem is that Helen discovers she really likes Sophie, Matthew’s wife—a lot more than she likes Matthew. And on top of that, she has a rather dishy stepson… Light as a feather but about real issues, GETTING RID OF MATTHEW is a deliciously funny novel that proves the peril of getting what you ask for.

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Getting Rid of Matthew
2008, Penguin Group UK
Electronic resource in English
Cover of: GETTING RID OF MATTHEW
GETTING RID OF MATTHEW
August 12, 2008, Hyperion
Paperback in English
Cover of: Getting Rid of Matthew
Getting Rid of Matthew
2007, HarperCollins Publishers Canada, Limited, Penguin Books
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Getting Rid of Matthew
2007, Hachette Books
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Getting Rid of Matthew
2007, Hyperion
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Getting Rid of Matthew
2007, Howes Limited, W. F.
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Cover of: GETTING RID OF MATTHEW
GETTING RID OF MATTHEW
August 7, 2007, Hyperion, Voice
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What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the past four years, finally decides to leave his wife Sophie and their two daughters and move into your flat, just when you're thinking that you might not want him anymore . . .

PLAN A: Stop shaving your armpits. And your bikini line. Tell him you have a moustache that you wax every six weeks. Stop having sex with him. Pick holes in the way he dresses. Don't brush your teeth. Or your hair. Or pluck out the stray hag-whisker that grows out of your chin. Buy incontinence pads and leave them lying around.

PLAN B: Accidentally on purpose bump into his wife Sophie. Give yourself a fake name and identity. Befriend Sophie. Actually begin to really like Sophie. Snog Matthew's son (who's the same age as you by the way. You're not a paedophile). Buy a cat and give it a fake name and identity. Befriend Matthew's children. Unsuccessfully. Watch your whole plan go absolutely horribly wrong.

Getting Rid of Matthew isn't as easy as it seems, but along the way Helen will forge an unlikely friendship, find real love and realize that nothing ever goes exactly to plan . . .

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