Four Wives - Softcover

Walker, Wendy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312367724 ISBN 13: 9780312367725

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2009

Synopsis

Take a peek beyond the perfectly-manicured lawns of Hunting Ridge. For four wives who live there, all is not as it seems...

Former child prodigy Love Welsh can't seem to banish the demons that ended her career. Now a devoted mother and wife, her quest for a resolution to her secret past will place at risk the life she has created. Her neighbor, part-time divorce attorney Marie Passeti, struggles with a difficult case and her unexpected feelings for the young intern working at her side. In a mansion across town, Gayle Beck enjoys the social status that her family's "old money" guarantees, but inside her fairy tale, life grows darker with each passing day. Gayle's friend, Janie Kirk, who is both envied and loathed for her exceptional beauty and expert homemaking, is losing the battle to remain satisfied in a passionless marriage, and falls into a surprising affair.

As the women plan a charity gala, their not-so-perfect lives are slowly exposed. And as springtime comes to a close, each woman faces the most difficult challenge of all: reconciling her innermost desires with the path that she has chosen.

About this title

Review:

"Walker's first novel is a treat. It's well written and features great characters, lots of humor, and dead-on analysis of friendship, marriage, and motherhood." --Library Journal

"Wendy Walker writes a cleverly woven, sexy debut that is a fascinating peek inside the gilded cages of suburban matrimony....A true page-turner treat." --Jill Kargman, author of Momzillas and co-author of The Right Address

"A fascinating read. Wendy Walker delivers a blistering dissection of modern suburban marriage. I couldn't put it down." --Danielle Ganek, author of Lulu Meets God and Doubts Him

"Four Wives is a brilliantly clever and accurate study in domestic discontentment. Acutely well-observed and suspenseful, it's a stunning reflection of life in an affluent American suburb, where the women seem to have everything...except happiness. A great read." --Jane Green, author of The Other Woman and Swapping Lives

Book Description:

Welcome to Hunting Ridge, home to outrageous wealth and four desperate wives...

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0312367724
• ISBN 13: 9780312367725
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368