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Stansbury, Nicole. 2004. The husband's dilemma. New York: Carroll & Graf Pub.

A sex-deprived husband goes to extremes to reignite his wife's flagging libido in the title story of this riveting, razor-sharp collection. Following her widely praised first novel, Places to Look for a Mother (2002), Stansbury dishes up delightfully nasty tales of devious husbands and subversive housewives, inhabitants of a world where relationships harbor more blisters than bliss. Fans of contemporary writers Lorrie Moore and David Sedaris will enjoy Stansbury's mordant wit, as she exposes the dark side of domesticity, from a boyfriend's unseemly interest in a female stripper to a repressed housewife's lustful pursuit of a reprehensible repairman. Story after story reveals home is where the hardship is: a father braces for a fierce child-custody battle; a woman deceives her partner in an effort to get pregnant; a perfectly mannered wife suffers the consequences of an inappropriate public outburst. While romantic idealists might be irked by her eviscerations, cynics will embrace Stansbury's trenchant takes on the trenches of courtship, where love doesn't always lead to "happily ever after." Allison Block

Used book, uncorrected proof.