The Man I Should Have Married

By Pamela Redmond Satran

Book Overview

From the author of the hit novel-turned-TV show Younger comes The Man I Should Have Married, an irreverent second-chance at love story for thirtysomethings.

Goodbye downward dog...
When Kennedy's husband, Frank, up and leaves her for his high school ex, a surfer named Sunny, then announces he's going to quit the law firm to teach yoga, Kennedy is finally free to do what she's always wanted to do with her life. Now if she can only figure out what that is. Determined to bring the spirit and independence of her former self to her life as a suburban mom, Kennedy visits some of her old New York City haunts, including Declan McGlynn's--the Greenwich Village bar where she used to work. Lo, Declan himself is behind the bar--and he's just as sexy...and single...as ever.

Hello downtown Don Juan...
Kennedy and Declan were friends for years and lovers for one amazing night before Kennedy, a single mom at the time, picked stability over passion. Back then Declan wasn't exactly the marrying kind. But that was a long time ago, and a lot has changed--except for the connection between these two. It's enough to prove that whoever said "you can never go back" is flat-out wrong. Right?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0743463544
• ISBN13: 9780743463546
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 8.4"

Customer Reviews

Long title . . . Fabulous novel.

The Man I Should Have Married could use an edit to the super-long title, but the novel is practically perfect. It follows the story of Kennedy Burns, who takes her life into her own hands after her husband, Frank, leaves her for another woman. Kennedy is faced with raising two daughters, renovating a dilapidated house, and reconnecting with two men from her past.The novel goes by quickly, too quickly. I could not put it down! It's a romantic fantasy and would make a wonderful film!

MY FAVORITE BOOK OF THE YEAR

I'm a longtime fan of Pamela Redmond Satran's essays and humor pieces in Glamour, Redbook, and Parenting, and I also love her baby-naming books -- she wrote the classic Beyond Jennifer & Jason. So I was very excited to discover that she had turned her talents to novels, and I was not disappointed. This is a wonderful book -- very funny, completely involving, with characters who feel like people you want to know. She's got the mother-daughter thing down pat and I loved reading about the heroine's very real struggle to find a rewarding career after spending several years at home as a full-time mom. I can't wait for Pamela Satran's next novel!

Great women's literature

I could LITERALLY not put this book down, My kids had Pizza 3 nights in a row because of it. This is a very well written book which i fould very empowering and engrossing. I can not say the same for my husband, this book was defintly written for women.

KEPT ME UP ALL NIGHT!

Come on, women, lighten up -- this book was fast, funny, sexy, engaging, the perfect summer Friday-to-Sunday read. For this suburban mom whose eyes are usually closing after three pages, I love any book that makes me stay up reading until waaaaaay after my bedtime. Smart and lots of fun.

Smart, funny, sexy, modern--books like this are hard to find

Are you bored by most contemporary women's fiction? Then check this out: here's an intelligent, well-written novel with characters you can really relate to and a contemporary love story that is romantic without being stupid and sexy (very!) without being offensive. As a comparison, Laura Zigman is intelligent too, and funny, but her characters are too New York City neurotic for me. Here, the heroine is a suburban wife with an okay-but-not-great husband, so already I'm identifying more. But this wife is a lot hipper and a lot more like people that you actually know--she has the kind of past most 40-year-olds have nowadays, even those of us who live in the 'burbs. And I love the title--how many of us, even those who are happily married, don't respond to the idea of the man in your past who maybe you should've/could've/could still marry? Here's another plus: A lot of this book is about the other great love experienced by women over 35: love of houses and house renovations. If you like to ride around your neighborhood on Sundays going to real estate open houses, trust me: you'll love this book.