THE KEPT MAN

Jarvis' painter husband has been in a coma for 6 years. Since his accident, his art has skyrocketed in value and Jarvis has become a wealthy woman. Sadly, she is emotionally crippled, only leaving her Brooklyn studio apartment to visit her unresponsive spouse in his nursing home twice a week. When her washing machine breaks, Jarvis stumbles upon a group of three stay-at-home dads who do their laundry together at the local laundromat every Tuesday afternoon. Jarvis becomes a dangerous element to this already troubled threesome, bringing her out of her shell, but into some bad habits. Meanwhile, she discovers some troubling evidence about her marriage through some newly discovered photographs taken by her comatose husband. A moving and funny novel from the author of the popular story collection Instant Love.

Video shown at US publisher's sales conference:
http://whatever-whenever.net/images/v0z805oz.mp4

EHEMaeNNER
Deutsch von Barbara Christ
[HC Schoeffling & Co 08/17; TB btb 05/19]