How to Kill Your Husband {and Other Handy Household Hints} by Kathy Lette

“My lovely second husband Geoffrey Robertson also confirmed that he was still vertical.” ‘Last time I looked I was still kicking hard!’,” said Lette. “As the humorous momentum built, my lovely first husband, Kim Williams got in touch with reassuring words. So, the question is, do I sue or let rumours persist that I’m a murderess?” “Yes, my novel does have a plot to die for, but it’s not a DIY manual. “Now, every woman wants to be wanted – just not by Interpol,” Lette added. “(The Courier-Herald letter) then goes on to talk about the author whose book about murdering husbands turned out to be fact, not fiction,” said Lette in a statement shared on Facebook on Monday. While Brophy did go on to kill her husband after publishing her novel, Lette said she was misidentified as the murderer in question because her own book, How to Kill Your Husband: (and Other Handy Household Hints), has a similar title.

The American woman was sentenced days later to life imprisonment on second degree murder charge for killing her husband, Daniel Brophy. Kathy is an autodidact (a word she taught herself) but in 2010, received an honorary doctorate from Southampton Solent University.On 9 June, Lette said the Courier-Herald published a letter to the editor titled “Kathy Lette’s Conviction”, in reference to a book written by Brophy called How to Murder Your Husband. She is an ambassador for Women and Children First, Plan International, the White Ribbon Alliance and the NAS.Kathy Lette lives in London with her husband and two children, and can often be found at The Savoy drinking a cocktail named after her. She is known for her regular appearances on BBC and Sky news programmes.

After several years as a newspaper columnist and TV sitcom writer in America and Australia, she's written 11 international bestsellers in her characteristic witty voice, including Mad Cows, How to Kill Your Husband - and Other Handy Household Hints (staged by the Victorian opera) and The Boy Who Fell To Earth. She is one of the pioneering voices of contemporary feminism, paving the way for Caitlin Moran and Lena Dunham.She first achieved succès de scandale as a teenager with the novel Puberty Blues, which was made into a major film and a TV mini-series.

Kathy Lette is a celebrated and outspoken comic writer who has an inimitable take on serious current issues.

How to Kill Your Husband {and Other Handy Household Hints} by Kathy Lette