I'm a fan of Elizabeth Brundage - loved The Doctor's Wife. So I was anxious to read her latest - and it didn't disappoint.
The story opens with a gruesome murder of a woman - her husband goes to the neighbor's for help. The remaining bulk of the book is spent on character building. We learn the back story of everyone - the children who previously lived in the same house where the murder took place, the wife, the husband, friends, neighbors, family. Some might think this is too slow reading, but I loved learning all about these characters - to see where they were and how they came to be who they now are.
In the end, it's kind of a sad story - women sticking out marriages and lives that could have been for the children or for what's the right thing to do.
I'll be thinking of these characters - and women - for quite awhile. Highly recommended!
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