First thoughts

The Uncoupling. Meg Wolitzer Chatto & Windus; £12.99

First thoughts

A SPELL has been cast on unsuspecting women across Stellar Plains in New Jersey, instigating them to turn away from their partners.

The enigmatic occurrence coincides with the arrival of new drama teacher Fran Heller at Eleanor Roosevelt High School, whose decision to stage Aristophanes’s Lysistrata — a Greek comedy depicting women who make the unorthodox move to abstain from sex with hope to end an ongoing war — raises eyebrows.

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