As a stay-at-home-mom, I always have something to do. There's dishes to wash, butts to wipe, meals to prepare. There's errands to run, calls to make, appointments to reschedule. Admittedly, things don't always get done when they need to be. Some days it's just impossible to juggle everything.
You know what would help? A wife! Yes!! A wife! Now, before you think I'm some sort of crazy polygamist, let me explain. How incredible would it be to have someone do all those things...the cleaning, the cooking, the phone calls and errands...for me?! I'd be freed up to do what I want to do...play with the kids, read a book, blog, bake cupcakes...you get the picture!
That's exactly what Alex Hill thought too, in the book Busy Woman Seeks Wife by Annie Sanders.
To a casual observer, Londoner Alex Hill is every inch the calm and collected executive of a global sportswear company. In reality, she's constantly frantic, with barely enough time to take out the trash. When her demanding mother, a 1960s style icon, has a bad fall and has to move in with her indefinitely, Alex realizes she needs someone more committed than a maid-what she needs is a wife. An ad in the local paper soon produces a young woman who seems both enthusiastic and capable. But something odd is definitely happening behind the scenes of Alex's new, perfectly ordered existence. Someone distinctly male is charming her mother as well as doing all the ironing. He's no one Alex would ordinarily ever notice, never mind date. But now she can't help wondering if her new "wife" could perhaps have husband potential...
I adored this book. The characters are nicely developed (which is my number one criteria in a good read), the storyline flows well, and the chapters are short (which is a newly appreciated characteristic, having an infant at home). The best way to describe this book? British Chick Lit grows up. I love British Chick Lit...you know...twenty-something London gal struggles to find her identity, her career, and her Prince Charming. Busy Woman Seeks Wife has all the things I love about those novels (a great female lead, friendships, charming and quirky characters)...but it's all grown up! The women in Busy Woman Seeks Wife are older; some already established in careers and some settled at home with children.
Busy Woman Seeks Wife has it all; comedy, romance, mystery. You can read an excerpt below.
Busy Woman Seeks Wife was provided by The Hachette Group for this review.
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I've seen this book and been tempted to buy it from the title alone. I admit it, I watch Big Love and think how freaking awesome it would be to share the chores/kids with a couple extra wives. LOL
I may have to actually buy a copy to read now, the plot seems interesting.
I wish I had time or the energy to read a book.
This sounds like a great book - it makes me want a wife! lol
Warrants a trip to the library!
Sounds great! I'll definitely have to go check it out.
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