The School for Husbands is a book written by Wendy Holden, having never read any of her books before I chose this book purely by the description on the back and having recently finished the book I am not disappointed. Wendy Holden used to be a journalist for the Sunday Times and the Mail on Sunday before she became a number 1 bestselling author. Wendy is married with 2 children and despite her husband Jon providing the idea for this book title she claims he is nothing like the character Mark that sounds familiar to many married women, infact she could even be writing about my fiancé. *~*The Story*~* The School for Husbands is about the ...  Read the complete review

This is a review of the 2006 book "The school for husbands" by wendy Holden. The comic book cover looked interesting (see picture) and the back cover promises 'giggles galore' and a riotous read... so I had to read this book to find out what the school for husband entails. A bit about the storyline The book follow busy mum Sophie and her (too) hard working husband Mark. Deep down they are an ordinary couple striving to make a living but Sophie has deep suspicions about one of Mark's colleagues and allows friends and family to make a bigger deal of it. Sophie's mum has aspirations for her family and wants to impress the neighbours so ...  Read the complete review

When Sophie and Mark begin to have marriage problems, and Sophie begins to suspect another woman is involved, she grabs her clothes and takes their son, Arthur, to her parents' house. Mark can't believe that Sophie has done such a thing and can't understand what the hell he's done wrong. But he loves his family to death and hates the idea of being apart from his wife and never seeing his son so he enrols himself in a School for Husbands hoping to buck up some of his ways. But as Mark tries desperately to win his wife back, interfering mother-in-laws and scheming ex-boyfriends are trying to pull Sophie further and further away from him and he has to do ...  Read the complete review

Meet Mark and Sophie. They have a new baby son called Arthur, and are about to celebrate his christening. Poor Mark will never come up to the standards of Sophie's mum Shirley. She really is a yummy granny and wants the best of everything, and Mark will never be good enough for her daughter. Poor Mark only has a publishing job, if only he had a job like Simon. Simon was Sophie's first boyfriend, who was never going to amount to much in Shirley's eyes, but he surprised her and now he was an investment banker with over a million in the bank. As Shirley manages to get Sophie to agree to Simon being a godfather to Arthur, she begins to see how suited the pair ...  Read the complete review

The School for Husbands by Wendy Holden. This books deals with a rather modern day dilemma. The story is based on the lives of a married couple, Sophie and Mark, who appear at first to have the perfect marriage. When their relationship starts to hit the rocks Sophie decides to take control and enrol her husband in the imaginary 'School for Husbands'. Sophie is a very strong character and at times it was Mark who I felt sympathetic towards as she overpowers him slightly. Sophie starts to become suspicious about her husband when he starts working late and then one night he doesn't return home at all. She is frustrated as she feels like too much is expected ...  Read the complete review