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Issue Details: First known date: 2006... 2006 How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints)
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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 forty - 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? (Source: Trove)

Adaptations

How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Timothy Daly , Alan John (composer), 2011 single work musical theatre opera humour 'Victorian Opera has transformed Kathy Lette's best-selling, funny and wise novel into an irresistible brand new opera.

'This witty and irreverent tale follows the lives of married couples Cass and Rory, and Jas and Studz. Filled with handy life hints, this brand new chamber opera will take you on a hilarious romp through a series of misdemeanours and betrayals, leading to a dramatic climax - confirming all that is domestic is not necessarily filled with bliss!'

Source: Malthouse Theatre website, http://www.malthousetheatre.com.au/
Sighted: 09/05/2011

Notes

  • Dedication: To my mum and dad who are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary this year, proving that a good marriage lasts forever, while a bad one just seems to.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      Simon and Schuster ,
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      Extent: 324p.
      ISBN: 0743248074 (pbk.)
    • Melbourne, Victoria,: Penguin , 2021 .
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      Extent: 336p.
      Note/s:
      • Published January 2021
      ISBN: 9781761042072
Alternative title: Kaip pribaigti savo vyrą : ir kiti naudingi patarimai…
Language: Lithuanian
    • Vilnius,
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      Lithuania,
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      Former Soviet Union,
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      Eastern Europe, Europe,
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      Alma Littera ,
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      Extent: 349p.
      ISBN: 9789955246763

Other Formats

Works about this Work

Art & Culture Phil Brown , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 29 March - 4 April no. 580 2006; (p. 25)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel ; Strike David Campbell , 2006 single work novella
Kathy's Book Set to Make a Killing Sam Strutt , Darren Cartwright , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 March 2006; (p. 33)
Bad Boy Hubby Patrick Cook , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 29 August vol. 124 no. 6535 2006; (p. 68)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel
Husbands in the Firing Line Christopher Bantick , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 May 2006; (p. 8)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 April 2006; (p. 34)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel ; At the Flash and at the Baci Ken Bolton , 2006 selected work poetry
Desperate Housewives Fran Metcalf , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 1-2 April 2006; (p. 23)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel
Chick Lit Lettes Rip Michelle Griffin , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 8 April 2006; (p. 26)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel
Puns and High Dives to Shallow Sides Charlotte Harper , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 8 April 2006; (p. 13)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel
In Short : Fiction Michael McGirr , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 April 2006; (p. 34)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel ; At the Flash and at the Baci Ken Bolton , 2006 selected work poetry
Husbands in the Firing Line Christopher Bantick , 2006 single work review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 8 May 2006; (p. 8)

— Review of How to Kill Your Husband (and Other Handy Household Hints) Kathy Lette , 2006 single work novel
Husbands Beware Tania Bawden , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 April 2006; (p. 11)
'I Think Puns are Unfairly Maligned. We Girls Love a Bit of Punnilingus' Sacha Molitorisz , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 14-16 April 2006; (p. 4-5)
Woman's War is Never Done Amanda Dunn , 2006 single work biography
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 23 April 2006; (p. 15)
Kathy's Book Set to Make a Killing Sam Strutt , Darren Cartwright , 2006 single work column
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 March 2006; (p. 33)
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