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A review by tayreads55
The Good Wife by Stewart O'Nan
5.0
This was a really good story. I didn't know if I'd like it at first but I'm glad I picked it up.
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At the age of twenty-seven, pregnant Patty Dickerson's husband and best friend enter a house in the hopes of robbing it. Minutes later, someone's dead and the men are facing serious jail time. Patty's once simple life is turned upside down overnight, as she's faced with raising their son alone and supporting her locked up husband, who insists he didn't do it.
***
This was a well written book. I didn't even mind the slow pacing. In fact it made sense and at times you felt like you were just waiting beside Patty for something good to happen. It wasn't an overwhelmingly sad story but it kinda was. Even though Tommy isn't a saint, you feel sympathy for him and the author does a good job in making you see why Patty would support him through all those years. I really wish we got to find out what happened to Gary but I suppose not knowing adds to the realness of this story. All the characters were very realistic and well written and I liked the writing style and how the author seamlessly skipped through two decades. Oh, and Patty really lives up to the book title, cause Lord knows I couldn't do it.
***
At the age of twenty-seven, pregnant Patty Dickerson's husband and best friend enter a house in the hopes of robbing it. Minutes later, someone's dead and the men are facing serious jail time. Patty's once simple life is turned upside down overnight, as she's faced with raising their son alone and supporting her locked up husband, who insists he didn't do it.
***
This was a well written book. I didn't even mind the slow pacing. In fact it made sense and at times you felt like you were just waiting beside Patty for something good to happen. It wasn't an overwhelmingly sad story but it kinda was. Even though Tommy isn't a saint, you feel sympathy for him and the author does a good job in making you see why Patty would support him through all those years. I really wish we got to find out what happened to Gary but I suppose not knowing adds to the realness of this story. All the characters were very realistic and well written and I liked the writing style and how the author seamlessly skipped through two decades. Oh, and Patty really lives up to the book title, cause Lord knows I couldn't do it.