Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley''s wildly successful Atlanta social set. But if losing her friends to tanned and toned young Barbie brides isn''t painful enough, a series of setbacks shake Les''s world and push her to the edge.

She''s had enough of playing the good wife to a husband who thinks he''s doing her a favour by keeping her around. She''s going to take some time for herself - in the familiar comforts and stunning beauty of Charleston, her beloved hometown. And she''s going to reclaim the carefree girl who spent lazy summers with her first love on Sullivans Island . . . and find the life of which she''s always dreamed.

Leslie Anne Greene Carter is The Last Original Wife among her husband Wesley''s wildly successful Atlanta social set. But if losing her friends to tanned and toned young Barbie brides isn''t painful enough, a series of setbacks shake Les''s world and push her to the edge.

She''s had enough of playing the good wife to a husband who thinks he''s doing her a favour by keeping her around. She''s going to take some time for herself - in the familiar comforts and stunning beauty of Charleston, her beloved hometown. And she''s going to reclaim the carefree girl who spent lazy summers with her first love on Sullivans Island . . . and find the life of which she''s always dreamed.