The Wife App

A Novel

By: Carolyn Mackler

Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya, Joy Osmanski, Allyson Ryan

Because every wife deserves a happy ending.

Three best friends decide they’re finally done with their ex-husbands taking their work as wives and moms for granted. They’re ready to monetize the mental load, stick it to their exes, and have a wild ride in the process in this novel that is “fresh, funny, empowering, and totally satisfying” (Judy Blume).

Lauren, mother of twins, wakes up one morning to her Wife Alarm Bells sounding. She sleuths on her husband’s phone and stumbles on a dirty secret that explodes her marriage. Madeline has it all—a penthouse apartment, a perfect daughter, and no-strings-attached romps with handsome men. But when she learns she might lose her child to her ex in England, it stirs up a decades-old personal tragedy. Sophie, with too much FOMO and never enough money, obsesses over her ex-husband’s Family 2.0—all while keeping her true desires hidden, even from herself.

It starts as a joke during a tipsy night out, as Lauren, Madeline, and Sophie rail against everything wives do for free. Let’s build an app that monetizes the mental load. And maybe revenge on our exes in the process. Soon, the Wife App is born, and before long, it’s the fastest growing start-up in New York City. But then life intervenes. Love intervenes. Ex-husbands intervene. And the consequences are bigger than anything Lauren, Madeline, or Sophie could have expected. Carolyn Mackler marks her debut into adult fiction with a rollercoaster ride of revenge and redemption that is at once a send-up of modern marriage and a celebration of female friendship and love in all forms.

I wish the app was real! Great book Carolyn!!

I wish the app was real! Great book Carolyn!! the characters are rich and I am hooked.

Easy listen. Fun and predictable.

Okay listen. Not mind blowing but not everything should be to be good. Why not!

Interesting story

I saw this book at the airport and downloaded the audible version for my travels. The storyline intrigued me with the concept of a developing a wife app and the reason why the main character took on the challenge. The story took a sidestep into the personal lives of several characters and lost focus on the main character for a few chapters. However, I appreciate the authors efforts to bring awareness to the different challenges and obstacles people might be enduring in their lives. Overall it was an enjoyable audible book!

Wishful Thinking

Many reader’s have experienced the lives of the main characters prior to the design and development of the Wife App. The concept of the app is wonderful though I can’t see that it would work in practice. I think the author has designed a brilliant and useful tool that could save marriages.

Just what I needed

This was the feel good-ish story I needed. It was fun to listen to and enjoyed the ending.