Mark and Sophie had been happily married.  They have a son, Arthur.  Mark had been made redundant, but had managed to find a new job pretty soon after.  To prove himself, he’s having to work late hours and clean up the messes of his incompetent colleagues.  Sophie goes back to work after her maternity leave, and between work, nursery and housework, she’s getting frazzled.  When she suspects Mark of having an affair with his sexy publishing colleague, she goes home to mother.  Mother never liked Mark anyways, and with the arrival of Sophie’s old boyfriend, Simon, who is oh so rich, Sophie’s mother sees possibilities.  Desperate to save his marriage, Mark enrolls at the ‘School for Husbands’.  Classes include love skills, sparkling conversation and how to put the top back on the toothpaste.  Will this be enough to reunite with Sophie?  Or will Sophie’s mother prevail and Simon will be able to woo her? 

Wendy Holden has written a saucy book that is full of humor and makes for fun reading.  She uses most of the clichés about men and has incorporated them into this fun read.  Her characters leap from the pages.  Mark and Sophie are sympathetic and the reader will learn to care for them.  The reader will be filled with mirth at the poor husbands’ stay at the school and all the things the dear Dr. puts them through.  This reviewer had almost a permanent grin on her face.  On the other side, this story also has its serious moments as Sophie and Mark battle for their marriage.  This is not your usually sugary chick-lit, and is refreshingly not so.  Not helping is Sophie’s mother, who has a few lessons of her own to learn.  This reviewer can recommend this book to all who would like to just sit back and enjoy an easy and very entertaining read.

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