American Housewife: Stories

Helen Ellis

Jan 2016 · Sold by Anchor

About this ebook

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “A raucous, whip-smart collection of stories featuring retro-feminist ladies who lunch.” —Elle

Meet the women of American Housewife. They wear lipstick, pearls, and sunscreen, even when it’s cloudy. They casserole. They pinwheel. And then they kill a party crasher, carefully stepping around the body to pull cookies from the oven.

Taking us from a haunted pre-war Manhattan apartment building to the unique initiation ritual of a book club, these twelve delightfully demented stories are a refreshing and wicked answer to the question: “What do housewives do all day?”

Ratings and reviews

Great. Yet another chick lit book staring a vapid housewife that only cares about competing with other women and looking good for her husband. I knew after the first mention of Beyonce that this was going to be the literary equivalent of a toaster. It even included the cliche email exchange that we all know and hate.

great sumation of two women from different worlds

I really enjoyed it.

About the author

HELEN ELLIS is the author of Bring Your Baggage and Don't Pack Light, Southern Lady Code, American Housewife and Eating the Cheshire Cat. Raised in Alabama, she lives with her husband in New York City. She is a poker player and a plant lady. You can find her on Twitter @WhatIDoAllDay and Instagram @HelenEllisAuthor.