The Other Woman - by Eric Jerome Dickey (Paperback)

About the Book

"Dickey offers plenty of straight-on sex and violence, but also probes questions of contemporary morals and the psychology of betrayal, writing compellingly and believably from his heroine's point of view. This will be another crowd pleaser."--"Publishers Weekly."

Book Synopsis

New York Times bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey presents one of his most intimate and emotionally resonant novels--a story about marriage, infidelity, and sweet and savage revenge.

She works nights. He works days. Their sex is routine. Their conversations are empty. Something's got to give. It does, when she discovers her husband's affair. The delicate fabric of their increasingly tenuous marriage is torn asunder--but neither is prepared for what happens next. An unforgivable betrayal is about to yield the most unexpected surprises, as a husband and wife face a challenge of trust, faith, and the staying power of love....

"Dickey has developed a knack for creating characters who elicit both rage and sympathy...The nameless narrator, a routine-bound suburban Californian, learns of her husband's philandering ways. But this dame is no hapless victim of infidelity: She takes charge...Dickey taps the intimate emotions of a woman whose hurt we feel viscerally."--Entertainment Weekly

Review Quotes

Praise for Eric Jerome Dickey and His Novels

"[O]ne of the most successful Black authors of the last quarter-century."--The New York Times

"Eric Jerome Dickey's work is a master class in Black joy....[his] characters--bold, smart women oozing sexuality and vulnerability--navigate interpersonal conflicts using dialogue that crackles with authenticity."--The Atlantic

"Dickey has the knack for creating characters who elicit both rage and sympathy."--Entertainment Weekly

About the Author

Eric Jerome Dickey (1961-2021) was the award-winning and New York Times bestselling author of twenty-nine novels, as well as a six-issue miniseries of graphic novels featuring Storm (X-Men) and the Black Panther. His novel Sister, Sister was honored as one of Essence's "50 Most Impactful Black Books of the Last 50 Years," and A Wanted Woman won the NAACP Image Award in the category of Outstanding Literary Work in 2014. His most recent novels include The Blackbirds, Finding Gideon, Bad Men and Wicked Women, Before We Were Wicked, The Business of Lovers, and The Son of Mr. Suleman.