Great Neck Library is having an Adult Summer Reading Kickoff Author Event with Ellen Meister at the Main Library, 159 Bayview Avenue, Great Neck on Monday, June 26 at 7:00 pm.
“A sharp, laugh-out-loud novel about a doting wife who has finally had enough. Deeply funny and horribly familiar, “Take My Husband’ is not to be missed!” -Beth Harbison, New York Times bestselling author of “Confessions of the Other Sister.”
In this darkly comic novel about a wife whose rope is so frayed it’s about to snap, Laurel gets a call that her husband has been in an accident.
She imagines the worst. But as she is on the way to the ER, another emotion seizes her. Relief. Doug’s death could solve all her problems. No more catering to his incessant demands.
Then there’s the insurance money. Laurel’s dreams seem so close. There’s just one problem: Doug is very much alive. Now Laurel has to decide if she is going to do something about it.
Subversive, irreverent and surprisingly poignant, “Take My Husband” probes the deep corners of a marriage and emerges to find the light. For anyone who’s spent a little too much time with a significant other and thought, One of us has got to go.
Ellen Meister is the author of eight critically acclaimed novels, which have been called, “powerful, moving and emotional,” as well as “hilarious and poignant” and “heartbreakingly funny.” Her books include “Take My Husband,” “The Rooftop Party,” “Love sold separately,” “The Other Life,” “Dorothy Parker Drank Here,” “Farewell, Dorothy Parker” and more.
Her essays have appeared in Publishers Weekly, Wall Street Journal blog, Huffington Post, Daily Beast, Long Island Woman Magazine, Newsday, Writer’s Digest and more. Meister is also an editor, book coach, creative writing instructor, and screenwriter. She lives on Long Island, where she is hard at work on her next book.
Books will be available for purchase and signing at this event. Registration is required. Great Neck Library cardholders and residents have priority for seating. Non-residents are welcome as walk-ins, as space allows.
Sign up online, in-person, or via phone. For more information, please contact Great Neck Library at (516) 466-8055 or email adultprogramming@greatnecklibrary.org.
