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A review by catalogthis
The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan
3.0
I read (and watch) plenty of police procedurals, so this was an interesting change -- the protagonist isn't a detective or a vengeful survivor, but a young, pregnant newlywed whose husband has just been arrested for murder in a burglary gone awry. The novel moves us through the trial, appeal, and almost thirty years of incarceration.
The author never suggests that the husband is innocent, but he doesn't demonize him either. It really isn't about him at all; instead, we watch a woman struggling to raise her son and keep her family as intact and normal as possible, despite financial difficulties, social stigma, and the casual cruelty of the prison system.
The author never suggests that the husband is innocent, but he doesn't demonize him either. It really isn't about him at all; instead, we watch a woman struggling to raise her son and keep her family as intact and normal as possible, despite financial difficulties, social stigma, and the casual cruelty of the prison system.