title: Hell Hath No Fury: Women's Letters from the End of the Affair
author:  Anna Holmes 
description: &#8220;Wickedly entertaining . . . A cathartic collection.&#8221;<br>&#8212;<i>O, The Oprah Magazine<br><br></i>&#8220;AN INSPIRED GATHERING OF GOOD-BYES SOMBER AND MADCAP, LITERARY AND VERNACULAR.&#8221;<br>&#8212;<i>Elle<br><br></i>&#8220;EVER BEEN STUMPED ABOUT HOW TO END THE THING? You never will be again after you read these unforgettable buh-bye notes.&#8221;<br>&#8212;<i>Glamour<br><br></i>&#8220;HILARIOUS . . . HEARTBREAKING . . . TOUCHING.&#8221;<br>&#8212;<i>Entertainment Weekly<br><br></i>&#8220;AT LAST, A BOOK TO INSPIRE.&#8221;<br>&#8212;<i>Chicago Sun-Times<b><br></b></i>
zlib_text: **C** **ANDICE** **H** **ERN**
  
   **Once A Gentleman**
  
    
    
  
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   _Dedicated to Sherrie Holmes,_  
   _for inspiring certain aspects_  
   _of Pru’s character._
  
    
  
   _Sherrie knows what I mean._  
   _The rest of you will have to guess._
  
  **Contents**
  
   ** _Chapter 1_**  
   **"I might have known I’d find you here.”**
  
   ** _Chapter 2_**  
   **Pru closed her eyes tight and rubbed them with the…**
  
   ** _Chapter 3_**  
   **Pru tied off the ribbon she had wrapped around the…**
  
   ** _Chapter 4_**  
   **Pru was stunned into silence. How to respond to such…**
  
   ** _Chapter 5_**  
   **Nick’s head throbbed. He’d had far too much wine, and…**
  
   ** _Chapter 6_**  
   **Pru dropped her forehead on the desk and wrapped her…**
  
   ** _Chapter 7_**  
   **“You look awful pretty, ma’am.”**
  
   ** _Chapter 8_**  
   **“Cor lumme, would yer look at dat?”**
  
   ** _Chapter 9_**  
   **“And so, it really was all my own fault, you see.”**
  
   ** _Chapter 10_**  
   **Nick opened the front door to the sound of