Her Turn, Katherine Ashenburg
Her Turn, Katherine Ashenburg
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Her Turn
A Novel

Author: Katherine Ashenburg

Narrator: Teri Schnaubelt

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 08/03/2021


Synopsis

A delightful novel in the vein of Younger and The Unbreakables, with a hint of Nora Ephron, about a journalist who stumbles into an unusual relationship with the woman married to her former husband.A journalist in Washington, DC, Liz has turned lemons into lemonade after her husband walked out on her a decade ago. She likes her life—she’s the editor of My Turn, a weekly column in which readers write about their lives, has a few romantic nibbles—some better than others—a good relationship with her teen-aged son, and has come to terms with the shock and heartbreak of her divorce. Or so she thinks.One day at work, she receives a letter for the column she can’t ignore, because it’s written by her ex-husband’s current wife—AKA the other woman. It is the beginning of an unexpected correspondence between the two women—but only Liz knows the truth about their connection. Could it be she still cares? How far will she take this unusual relationship? And what happens if the truth comes out?Her Turn is an immensely readable, joyful novel about fidelity and forgiveness that explores one woman’s second act in life, and the ties that still bind her to the first. 

About Katherine Ashenburg

Katherine Ashenburg is the author of six books and many magazine and newspaper articles, including more than 100 travel articles for The New York Times. She has worked as an academic, a Canadian Broadcasting Corporation producer and the Arts and Books editor of the Globe and Mail. Her books include The Mourner’s Dance: What We Do When People Die (FSG, US; Knopf, Canada) and The Dirt on Clean: An Unsanitized History (FSG, US; Knopf, Canada; Profile Books, UK; plus multiple translation deals). The Dirt on Clean was chosen one of The Independent's Ten Best History Books of the year and one of the New York Public Library's 25 Best Books of the year. Her children’s edition of The Dirt on Clean, called All the Dirt: A History of Getting Clean (Annick Press, US and Canada; Sunest Publishing, Korea), won the 2018 Green Book Festival Award in the children’s category. Her bestselling debut novel, Sofie & Cecilia (Knopf, Canada), appeared in 2018.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Dianne on June 10, 2021

I did not give this book only 1 star because I managed to finish it. The first third of the book was ok -we learned about Liz and some of her past. Mind you, this book is written in the first person, so we never really get another person's take on her life. Unfortunately, Liz starts showing her true......more

Goodreads review by Natalie on May 22, 2021

I loved it! This is a must for women’s reading groups. Ashenburg deals with several topics that left me engaged in reflecting on this personal story of a woman rebuilding her life and relationships after she has been left by her cheating husband for the other woman. In an unexpected flash of coincid......more

Goodreads review by Sam on November 11, 2022

Thank you to NetGalley, the publisher and the author for an ARC of Her Turn in exchange for an honest review. Unfortunately I could not get into this book and could not finish it. I read over half the book but felt as if I was only reading because I had to, not because I was enjoying the story. I do......more