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The War Between the Tates

The War Between the Tates

Lurie, Alison

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General FictionLiterary Fiction

ISBN13: 9798337211558
Publisher: Open Road Media
Published: Sep 1 2026
Pages: 278
Language: English
A husband's affair pushes a suburban wife to her breaking point in this near perfect comedy of manners by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Real People (The New York Times).

Erica Tate wouldn't mind getting up in the morning if her children were less intolerable. Until puberty struck, Jeffrey and Matilda were absolute darlings, but in the last year, they have become sullen, insufferable little monsters. A forty-year-old housewife out of work and out of mind, she finds little happiness in the small college town of Corinth.

Erica's husband, Brian, a political science professor, is so deeply immersed in university life--or more accurately in the legs of his mistress, a half-literate flower child named Wendy--that he either doesn't notice his wife's misery or simply doesn't care. Worst of all, their pleasant little neighborhood is transforming into a subdivision. As new ranch houses spring up around their once idyllic home, Erica's marriage inches closer to disaster.

When the Tate household tips into full-scale emotional combat, Erica must do her best to ensure that she comes out on top. In this darkly comic tale of a family at civil war, the National Book Award-shortlisted author of Foreign Affairs dives into the deterioration of a marriage.

This ebook features an illustrated biography of Alison Lurie including rare images from the author's collection.

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