Elise, Brenda, and Annie were all first wives. A movie star and heiress, Elise had connections that paved the way for her lawyer husband. Brenda's "family" business launched her husband s home-entertainment empire. And good-girl Annie sustained her spouse on his rise in the advertising world. But when their husbands were at the pinnacle, of success, they abandoned their mates for trophy wives --younger, blonder, sleeker models.

BOOK ONE: The Wives

   Getting Mad

1 Annie

2 Campbell’s Soup

3 Eiise

4 Cynthia Swann’s Song

5 Brenda Isn’t Upset

6 Greenwich Time

7 Putting on the Ritz

8 Upset Upstate

9 Morty, You Fuck!

10 The Unpleasantness at the Carlyle

11 Elise Is Not Amused

12 The First Wives Club

13 Bailing the Jack

BOOK TWO: The Husbands

   Getting Scared

1 The Sweetheart Deal

2 Uh-Oh in SoHo

3 Masters of the Universe

4 Some Suit!

5 The Frog Pond

6 Dinner at Eight

7 Larry Cochran

8 West Fifty-seventh Street

9 Art for Art’s Sake

10 The Debacle

11 A Bill of Divorcement

12 Crying All the Way to the Bank

13 The Visit

14 Step by Step

15 And Now, Miguel

16 Out to Lunch

17 Queen for a Day

18 Sylvan Glades

19 Morty Suffers a Setback

20 Chopped Mitsui

BOOK THREE: The Wives

    Getting Even

I Gil Goes to Japan

2 Is You Is Maibeibi?

3 Strangers in Paradise

4 A Cot and Three Hots

5 Marriage a la Merde

6 Babes in Boyland

7 Good Night, Lady

8 Couples

9 Is You Ain’t Maibeibi?

10 Bette and Bob’s Bash

11 Cromwell Reed It and Weep

12 Shark Meet

13 Paradise Lost

EPILOGUE: The Wives

   Getting It Together

  Paths