The Candidate’s Husband

Behind every successful woman stands a resentful man...

Politics is a ruthless business, even more so for a woman. When headteacher Kirsty’s local MP resigns after a sex scandal, she’s set on running in the by-election to replace him. She seems the ideal Labour candidate – hard-working, ambitious, and with excellent working-class credentials. Only her husband Rick is unconvinced. 

When he fails to dissuade her from standing, Rick sets out to influence Kirsty’s campaign to his own advantage. Kirsty battles on in the spotlight as the domestic and the political start to collide – until a revelation from the past threatens to derail the whole operation. 

The Candidate’s Husband is a story about how we deceive those closest to us – and how sometimes we deceive ourselves too.

Read the first chapter here.

Wendy Sacks Jones

Wendy Sacks Jones is a former BBC journalist who now enjoys the freedom of not having to stick to the facts. As Wendy Jones, she worked in a range of roles at the BBC, from education correspondent and Today programme reporter to head of education policy and deputy company secretary.

After going freelance, she helped found the education charity, National Numeracy, and became its first director of communications. She has written for the Guardian and various education publications, blogged for the Huffington Post and completed an MA in creative writing.

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