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The Starter Wife

English · On the rack since

  • Ch. 1–2 free

The Starter Wife is a novel in English. Chapters 1 and 2 can be read on this site as a free preview.

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From the back cover

Clara has spent her whole life caring for Leo, her childhood friend and now husband, whose crippling depression has shadowed him since infancy. She fed him as a toddler, soothed him to sleep as a boy, and married him at eighteen so she could take over his family's company. Then she begins to see words floating above his head: MAIN CHARACTER. Above his psychiatrist, she sees FEMALE LEAD. Clara realises she is only a supporting extra in someone else's redemption story.

So she quits. She sharpens a knife when Leo threatens his wrists, opens the window when he speaks of the balcony, and finally asks for a divorce. But Leo grabs her waist and shouts that she has no idea how his depression ever improved.

Clara has always known Leo better than anyone. What she cannot decide is whether she was ever meant to be more than his starter wife.

Inside the book Opening excerpt

It’s the kind of depression that requires him to be coaxed into eating, held to fall asleep. The kind that made him slice at his own wrist with a penknife that one time he couldn't get hard.

It wasn't until the arrival of the woman who was clearly meant to be his savior—the protagonist of his redemption story—that I…

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Contents

Chapters 1 and 2 are on this page. Chapters marked with a lock continue in the official app.

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Questions at the counter

Which chapters of The Starter Wife are free?

Chapters 1 and 2 are free to read on this page, in English. From chapter 3 the book continues in the official app.

Where do I keep reading The Starter Wife after chapter 2?

In the official app. Install it, enter code 593637, and the book opens where this preview stops — chapter 3.

What is The Starter Wife about?

Clara has spent her whole life caring for Leo, her childhood friend and now husband, whose crippling depression has shadowed him since infancy. She fed him as a toddler, soothed him to sleep as a boy, and married him at eighteen so she could take over his family's company. Then she begins to see words floating above his head: MAIN CHARACTER. Above his psychiatrist, she sees FEMALE LEAD. Clara realises she is only a supporting extra in someone else's redemption story.

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