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Title: As Husbands Go
Subtitle: A Novel
Author: Susan Isaacs
Narrator: Hillary Huber
Format: Unabridged
Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
Language: English
Release date: 07-06-10
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 69 votes
Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Modern Detective
Publisher's Summary:
Susan B. Anthony Rabinowitz Gersten assumed her marriage was greatand why not? Jonah Gersten, M.D., a Park Avenue plastic surgeon, clearly adored her. He was handsome, successful, and a doting dad to their four-year-old triplets. So when Jonah is found dead in the Upper East Side apartment of a second-rate "escort", Susie is overwhelmed with questions.
It's bad enough to know your husband's been murdered, but even worse when you're universally pitied (and quietly mocked) because of the sleaze factor. None of it makes sense to Susienot a sexual liaison with someone like Dorinda, nor the "better not to discuss it" response from Jonah's partners. With help from her tough-talking, high-style Grandma Ethel, Susie takes on her snooty in-laws, her husband's partners, the NYPD, and the DA as she tries to prove that her wonderful life with Jonah was no lie.
A rare mix of wit, social satire, suspense, and a moving story about a love that just won't give up, As Husbands Go brilliantly turns the conventions of the mystery on end as Susie Gerstensuburban mom, floral designer, and fashion platesearches not so much for answers to her husband's death as for answers to her own life.
Critic Reviews:
[A] smart-alecky whodunit/surprisingly sweet love storyIsaacs brings it all together in this fast and furious ride through wanton greed, fragile relationships, and love worth fighting for. (Publishers Weekly)
Two queens of chutzpah and couture conduct a brazen investigation. Isaacs latest Jewish-gal-in-distress adventure purrs along perfectlysharply funny, all-knowing, and marvelously diverting. (Booklist)
Isaacs fans will enjoy another sharp-tongued romp through the New York privileged classes and their foibles." (Kirkus Reviews)
Members Reviews:
Not up to Susan Isaacs usual standard
What was most disappointing about Susan Isaacss story?
I have read many of her other books and almost always enjoy them. The characters in this book were universally unlikable and unsympathic. Even the sleuthing aspects of the story were disappointing. The narrator was not very good, but it may be the fault of the poor storyline. These were characters to whom I could not relate and I live in the city where this story takes place. Very disappointing book, not up to her usual standards.
disappointing
The narrator is very good, although I can't tell if the book is very dull or the narrator has such a calm voice I kept falling asleep. If the superficial mentioning of labels and names were deleted the story would be half as long.
There are a few laughs, although not near as many as I thought. For some reason I thought Grandma Ethel would play a bigger part and that a larger part of the book would be focused on finding the killer, rather than on how the wife looks and feels and reacts. Slow slow slow. I only made it through 4.5 hours.
What a Disappointment for a Susan Isaacs Fan
What disappointed you about As Husbands Go?
The plot was thin, the first quarter of the book consisted of Susie, the wife whose husband was murdered, drone on about her furniture, her clothes, her home furnishings- letting the reader know how expensive and elite her life was and how beautiful she and her friends were.The rest of the novel was a snore; Susie and the other characters seemed to be sleepwalking through the narrative.
