Cynthia Adler

A woman betrayed by her husband seeks revenge on him and his mistress, who is a romance writer. The wife works at a number of jobs until she forms her own agency (all women) and uses it as a vehicle to destroy her husband.

When her two-timing husband deserts her for a toffee-nosed romance novelist, dowdy housewife Ruth Patchett goes berserk and -- aided by her mother -- sets out to methodically ruin his life in this dark comedy.

A clever and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.

A clever and resourceful housewife vows revenge on her husband when he begins an affair with a wealthy romance novelist.