Et cetera : What We're Reading: My Husband

If you're in the mood for a wild, obsessive-compulsive, and delightfully disturbed female narrator, add Maud Ventura's debut novel 'My Husband' (translated from French by Emma Ramadan) to your Libby App ASAP.
This psychological thriller follows a nameless 40-year-old Parisian wife and mother of 15 years who is consumed-completely-with keeping her husband in love with her. Her days revolve around self-improvement fueled by tabloid tips, emulating her glamorous friends, and keeping meticulous secret journals where she records every slight and mistake her husband has ever made.
Every. Single. One.
Her retaliation? Sometimes it's minor-hiding his keys or important papers. Sometimes, it's catastrophic-an impulsive affair just because he forgot to kiss her goodbye or referred to her as a piece of fruit she finds boring. And to make things even more fascinating, she has synesthesia, associating letters and numbers with vivid colors, which only heightens her obsessive inner world.
And whatever you do, do not skip the epilogue-it delivers a deliciously twisted ending you won't see coming.
Happy reading, friends!
~Heather