The Silent Wife
by A.S.A. Harrison ~ A Book Review
This
story begins with Jodi Brett, a 45 year old woman who has been with her
significant other Todd for 20 years, musing in her kitchen as she makes dinner
and looks out the windows of her high rise in Chicago with its view of the lake
and evening sky, having no inclination that she is capable of murder.
I
loved this book, which is told in alternating voices from the perspectives of
Jodi and Todd. It did take me a few pages to acclimate to the sometimes overly
descriptive writing style of Ms. Harrison, but once I got into the flow I found
myself completely engaged.
The
characters in the book felt real to me, not archetypes of the quiet suffering
wife or the “cake ‘n too” philandering husband, but people that seemed
familiar. Maybe it is because I’ve known these folks [absent murder to the best
of my knowledge].
If
the story seems familiar, it is because Silent
Wife is an age-old story of young love, lust, comfort, infidelity, hurt,
anger, lies, and retribution. But in Silent Wife the story is told from a
fresh perspective.
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