The Swing of Things
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The Swing of Things

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Price
$6.70
Format
Paperback
Pages
396
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Publication Date
ISBN-13
978-1503937000
Dimensions
5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches
Weight
13.6 ounces

Description

Review “Excellent domestic drama, with elements of psychological suspense that evoke Gone Girl .” ― Booklist (starred review) About the Author Linda Keir is the pen name for two authors who, between them, have published twelve novels. The Swing of Things is their first novel together. They are married…but not to each other.

Features & Highlights

  • “Somewhere between Tom Perrotta and Erica Jong lies
  • The Swing of Things
  • , a charming, sexy, and surprisingly tender romp through the dark side of wish fulfillment. I’ll never look at the other playground parents the same way again.” ―Marcus Sakey
  • Told from the dual perspective of a husband and a wife,
  • The Swing of Things
  • is a sexy, provocative, page-turning novel about a suburban couple who wants out of their routine―but will they take things too far?
  • Attorney Jayne Larsen loves her stay-at-home husband. Eric is attentive and a great father to their daughter. He’s also unfailingly committed to their Wednesday date nights―but things have gotten too predictable.
  • Enter Theo and Mia Winters, the effortlessly cool, attractive couple who are the center of everyone’s attention. They are blissfully happy and ready to share their secret for keeping things spicy. But there are rules. And breaking them has consequences. As Jayne and Eric explore a more modern definition of marriage, they are forced to confront whether they’ve given up too much in the pursuit of trying to have it all.

Customer Reviews

Rating Breakdown

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Most Helpful Reviews

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Not worth my time.

I started reading this book today and about 50 pages in I decided I couldn't care less about what happened. It's just not interesting enough to waste time on.
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Instantly sold!

Give me a book about neighborhood/cul-de-sac drama and scandal and I am sold. The Swing of Things had all of that and more!

The story centers around Jayne and Eric, your typical couple who have fallen into the same routines of a normal marriage, except it's Jayne who is the working breakwinner while Eric is the stay-at-home dad (yay!).

With their normal routines (including their usual and predictable Wednesday Date Nights), their sexual desire for one another has taken a turn for the worse.

Enter Mia and Theo, the "cool parents" in the neighborhood, who have the best and craziest adult parties and seem to have this perfect marriage. Eric and Jayne become intrigued by this couple and learn that the secret sauce to their spicy marriage is their "swinging" lifestyle. Eric and Jayne befriend Mia and Theo and take part in their "swingers group." Little do Jayne and Eric know that swapping wives comes with a price, wrecking havoc on their lives.
2 people found this helpful
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enjoyable, interesting, and engaging throughout

I wouldn’t lie and say I had no interest in the prurient aspects involved in such a situation, but I think the most impressive thing to this book is the way it gets beyond that. The characters and their emotional lives was the real pull, and the real subject. The fact that still came through with as easily as the other stuff could distract evidences some fine writing. Regardless, enjoyable, interesting, and engaging throughout.

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