The Switch

About this book

The new novel from the bestselling author of The First Wives Club and Bestseller is a witty social satire of love marriage and the games men and women play with each other.Sylvie is an under-rated overweight housewife who has been happily married to Bob a successful car dealer over twenty years and two children. Her world is shattered when she discovers that hes having an affair with Marla a beautiful reflexologist who bears an uncanny resemblance to Sylvie when she was ten years younger. Sylvie confronts Marla only to find that they are both miserable Sylvie with her humdrum domestic existence and Marla with her fast-living yet insecure lifestyle.Then Sylvie has an idea. Checking into a health clinic Sylvie transforms her looks and figure to their former glory while Marla fattens herself up and de-glamorizes her image. And the two women switch places. Bob is none the wiser. But hes about to get the shock of his lifeIn The Switch Olivia Goldsmith lays bare the inner workings of men women husbands wives fathers mothers and mistresses with the wit humour flair and warmth that have made her such a popular and successful writer.