02260cam a2200325 i 4500 2621176276 TxAuBib 20251114120000.0 250306s2025||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2024047252 9780593851609 hardcover 0593851609 hardcover (OCoLC)1463506486 TxAuBib rda Thomas-Kennedy, Jackie, author. The other wife / Jackie Thomas-Kennedy. New York : Riverhead Books, 2025. 290 pages ; 22 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "A big-hearted novel of nostalgia and longing, and a poignant exploration of how we choose to love. Zuzu met her best friend Cash on the first day of college, and nothing was ever the same. Tall, witty, and popular, his friendship represented a kind of belonging for Zuzu, who had always felt like an outsider growing up mixed race in her rural hometown. Though their friendship was charged with longing, it never progressed to romance. Now approaching her forties, Zuzu has built a stable life with her wife Agnes, a steadfast and career-driven lawyer. Yet Zuzu is haunted by the choices that have shaped her: living with her mother instead of her father in childhood, pursuing law over art, and marrying Agnes while harboring complex feelings for Cash. When a sudden loss pulls Zuzu back to her hometown, the 'what ifs' in her mind become louder than ever, and she begins to unwind the turns that have led her here. Will she embrace the choices she's made, or risk everything for a chance to chase the past? A novel that speaks to unfulfilled desires and the euphoric nostalgia that's particular to the beginning of middle age, The Other Wife is as heartfelt as it is daring in its deep reckoning with the past and quest for true joy"-- Provided by publisher. 20251114. Middle-aged lesbians Fiction. Married people Fiction. Homecoming Fiction. Multiracial women Fiction. First loves Fiction. TXKIP