• How to Kill Your Husband

  • And Other Handy Household Hints
  • By: Kathy Lette
  • Narrated by: Caroline Lee
  • Length: 10 hrs and 44 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (100 ratings)

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How to Kill Your Husband

By: Kathy Lette
Narrated by: Caroline Lee
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Editorial reviews

Kathy Lette is a straight-shooting, big-hearted, Aussie ex-pat who goes straight for the throat and the funny-bone of the middle-aged woman in her novels, articles, and works for the screen. Like an Australian Nora Ephron, Lette makes her audience a bit uncomfortable, but her sympathy never fails.

In How to Kill Your Husband, a novel, Aussie Caroline Lee performs in a slow, simple manner as she tells the story of Jazz Jardine, who is in prison for killing her husband, and Jazz’s middle-aged friends’ attempts to secure her exoneration. The set-up, of course, is just the English muffin; the butter is the musing on family, love, and age. This would make a good gift to a friend who is - or should be - divorced.

Publisher's summary

All women want to kill their husbands some of the time. "Where there's a will, I intend to be in it", wives half-joke to each other. Marriage, it would appear, is a fun-packed frivolous hobby, only occasionally resulting in death. But when Jazz Jardine is arrested for her husband's murder, the joke falls flat.

Life should begin at 40, but not with life imprisonment for killing your spouse. Jazz, stay-at-home mum and domestic goddess; Hannah, childless career woman; and Cassie, demented working mother of two are three ordinary women. Their record collections are classical, not criminal. Cassie and Hannah set out immediately to prove their best friend's innocence, uncovering betrayal, adultery, plot twists, thinner thighs and toy boys aplenty en route. But will their friendship survive these ever darker revelations?

Sexy, funny, and wise, Kathy Lette's irresistible new novel is about women not Having It All but Doing It All. It's about how today's mother is often a married lone parent. It's about the fact that no woman has ever shot her husband while he was vacuuming. This is Kathy Lette at her brilliant best, casting her trademark caustic eye on what goes on in the bedrooms and kitchens of ordinary married couples. A novel that will strike a cord with married women everywhere and ensure that, from now on, they all read the small print on their marriage licences.

©2006 Kathy Lette (P)2007 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd

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Odd story

This is not an instruction manual nor is it a who dunnit. It is slow to begin and the level of general banter between characters at times made me tune out. Very predictable ending. But in saying that I listened to the end and quite enjoyed it.

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Very entertaining

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Hannah can go eat shit and die
Fuck Rory
Jazz is fairly epic
I'm not quite satisfied with Cassie and Rory's relationship at the end...

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Cute, entertaining book

Would you listen to How to Kill Your Husband again? Why?

Probably wouldn't listen to it twice but don't regret reading it. It was hard to follow at times but fun, light reading.

What did you like best about this story?

Quite funny how the three friends interact with each other.

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Meh

Really struggled to finish, had trouble getting into the characters stories. She had the right idea, it just wasn't executed properly in my opinion.

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The 'One-Liners' Made It Worth It.

An American woman would never stay with a husband who treated her so badly... but hey, maybe women in other countries put up with more crap than we American women do. I found myself outraged at the male characters in this book... and outraged that the women put up with it! It was a great read, though - lots of surprises, some very very funny parts, parts that made me feel terribly embarrassed for the main character, and even a few parts that made me cry. Beware, though - this is not a book for the faint-of-heart... it has some crude words and phrases. Very enjoyable, overall. I'll be reading more of Kathy Lette.

Caroline Lee did a fantastic job, as always. I love her narration.

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Very Entertaining

I chose this book because it was narrated by Caroline Lee, my favorite. In addition to a wonderful performance, I enjoyed it because it was wickedly funny and delightfully entertaining.!

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Love, love ,love this book.
Caroline Lee is PERFECT. Laughed hard. Would recommend to others.
Will definitely re-listen. Thank you.

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Great narrating

Loved it....Great book.....and great narrator. Didn't want to put it down. Reccomend to anyone who has found themselves in the marriage rut!

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A FAVORITE FOR SURE

Loved the story of these ladies lives told with realism and humor. This book is definitely one that I recommend and have even listened to more than once. Of course Caroline Lee is the perfect reader too. I always look for books read by her. Great book. Great listen.

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Funny and easy listen

Interesting book if you're looking for a good story that's light, easy and funny. Good narrator

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