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Author
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"Leslie Anne Greene Carter is the last original wife among her husband's group of cronies. They've all traded in for younger, blonder, more enhanced models. But she is proud of her status and the longevity of her marriage. Sure the spark isn't quite there the way it once was. And it would be nicer if her husband paid a bit more attention to her desires but there's something to be said for a comfortable relationship. Or at least she thinks so until...
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Anne Tyler gives us a wise, haunting, and deeply moving new novel in which she explores how a middle-aged man, ripped apart by the death of his wife, is gradually restored by her frequent appearances--in their house, on the roadway, in the market. Crippled in his right arm and leg, Aaron has spent his childhood fending off a sister who wants to manage him. So when he meets Dorothy, a plain, outspoken, independent young woman, she is like a breath...
8) The husbands
Author
Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"From Chandler Baker, the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network comes The Husbands, a novel that asks: to what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband? Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too... but why does...
9) Rose Madder
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
1995
Language
English
Description
Rosie Daniels flees her nightmare marriage to find refuge in a strange city, far from her brutal husband, Norman, whose relentless savagery and mad obsessions follow her to her sanctuary and drive her to transform herself to survive
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Formats
Description
On a summer morning in North Carthage, Missouri, on the fifth wedding anniversary of Nick and Amy, Amy disappears from their rented McMansion on the Mississippi River; under mounting pressure from the police and Amy's parents, Nick parades an endless series of lies and deceit.
12) Absolution
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A riveting account of women's lives on the margins of the Vietnam War, from the renowned winner of the National Book Award"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
On the eve of their Silver Anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband Jimmy to come home. As night turns to day, it becomes frighteningly clear to Mary that he is gone. Through the years, disappointment and worry have brought Mary's life to a standstill, and she has let her universe shrink to the well-worn path from the bedroom to the refrigerator. But her husband's disappearance startles her out of her inertia, and she begins a desperate...
14) A day to die
Publisher
Vertical
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A team of off-book law enforcement officers band together to tackle the city's biggest criminal and save the wife of one of their own.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
"The bestselling author of The Between Boyfriends Book and an award-winning writer for Sex and the City and Modern Family takes a hilarious, heartbreaking look at marriage. Cindy Chupack has spent much of her adult life writing about dating and relationships for several hit TV series and as a sex columnist for O, The Oprah Magazine. At the age of thirty-nine, she finally found The One-and a wealth of new material. Marriage, Cindy discovered, was...
Author
Publisher
Berkley
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The Hunting Wives share more than target practice, martinis, and bad behavior in this novel of obsession, seduction, and murder. Sophie O'Neill left behind an envy-inspiring career and the stressful, competitive life of big-city Chicago to settle down with her husband and young son in a small Texas town. It seems like the perfect life with a beautiful home in an idyllic rural community. But Sophie soon realizes that life is now too quiet, and she's...
18) The weekenders
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Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
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Description
When Riley Griggs is waiting for her husband to arrive at the ferry one Friday afternoon, she is instead served with papers informing her that her island home is being foreclosed. To make matters worse, her husband is nowhere to be found. She turns to her island friends for help and support, but each of them has their own secrets and the clock is ticking as the mystery deepens.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Marta's husband "has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife--as advised by a dog-eared manual given to her by Hector's aloof mother on their wedding day. But now, something is changing. Small things seem off. A flash of movement in the corner of her eye, elapsed moments that she can't recall. Visions of a blonde girl in the darkness that only Marta can see. Perhaps she is starting to remember--or perhaps...
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