I laughed and shook my head in recognition as the three Wise women crashed through love relationships terrible advice and delightful moments of connection. The Wise Women is a smart and tender novel about how hardand vitalit is to find the place where we belong. Amanda Eyre Ward New York Times bestselling author of The Jetsetters and the upcoming The Lifeguards A witty and wildly enjoyable novel set in New York City about two adult daughters and their meddling advice columnist mother for readers of Meg Wolitzer Cathleen Schine and Cynthia DAprix Sweeney. One of Read With Jennas Most Anticipated Books of 2022 Popular advice columnist Wendy Wise has been skillfully advising the women who write to her seeking help for four decades so why are her own daughters lives such a mess Clementine the working mother of a sixyearold boy has just discovered that she is actually renting the Queens home that she thought she owned because her husband Steve secretly funneled their money into his flailing startup. Meanwhile her sister Barb has overextended herself at her architecture firm and reunited semiunhappily with her cheating girlfriend. When Steve goes MIA and Clementine receives an eviction notice Wendy swoops in to save the day even though her daughters who are holding onto some resentments from childhood havent asked for her help. But as soon as Wendy sets her sights on hunting down her rogue soninlaw Barb and Clementine quickly discover that their mother has been hiding more than a few problems of her own. As the three women confront the disappointments and heartaches that have accumulated between them over the years they discover that while the future may look entirely different from the one that theyve expected it may be even brighter than theyd hoped. show more