The School for Husbands - Wendy Holden

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

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

Who could possibly resist a book with this title?? The start is a little slow and depressing, as it follows the troubles of married couple Mark and Sophie, who have just christened baby Arthur. But after the 'mother-in-law' decides to improve her daughters life and social standing, the pace picks up and becomes a bit more lively and funny. The escapades of godfather Simon coincide with Marks stint in Dr Martha's school for husbands are both cringeworthy and laugh-out-loud funny. The School is perfect, and should be made in real-life! Every man should read this book to understand their wives and girlfriends and even mothers ...  Read the complete review

Released in 2006 this is an excellent book introduced by British novelist Wendy Holden. I have actually read quite a few of her book and I have not yet found one I have been disappointed with. The story revolves around a perfect young family in love and with everything to live for ... or so it seems! The problems start after the birth of their baby leaving the lead character feeling frumpy and put upon by her lazy husband who in her mind works late and does not take her feelings into consideration! So many women will love this and and will relate to the story but many have probably never sent there husband to a school for husbands to get them to improve! Hilarious from ...  Read the complete review