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The Younger Wife
by Sally Hepworth
The story
Tully and Rachel are the 30 something daughters of heart surgeon Stephen and his wife Pamela. Pam’s dementia is so advanced that she has been placed in a care facility. But Stephen and his new girlfriend, Heather, are engaged. This means that Stephen will need to divorce Pam before he and Heather can marry. Right upfront, there is a narrator at the wedding who knows more than most. And when pandemonium breaks out, we have to wait to see what happened.
My thoughts
It seems like reviews of this story are polarised into people not understanding the ending and disliking the story and those that love it. I think the story is all mapped out, the puzzle pieces just need to have their dots connected. The two sisters are both damaged in different ways that don’t make sense coming from a true happy family. Heather’s past makes her an ideal candidate for the next wife. So much of the events are not normal. I loved the cleverness of the characters and the rotating perspectives. Frightening how the ghosting leads each of the young women and Pamela to have doubts about what is real.
I read an eARC copy courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher.
Tully and Rachel are the 30 something daughters of heart surgeon Stephen and his wife Pamela. Pam’s dementia is so advanced that she has been placed in a care facility. But Stephen and his new girlfriend, Heather, are engaged. This means that Stephen will need to divorce Pam before he and Heather can marry. Right upfront, there is a narrator at the wedding who knows more than most. And when pandemonium breaks out, we have to wait to see what happened.
My thoughts
It seems like reviews of this story are polarised into people not understanding the ending and disliking the story and those that love it. I think the story is all mapped out, the puzzle pieces just need to have their dots connected. The two sisters are both damaged in different ways that don’t make sense coming from a true happy family. Heather’s past makes her an ideal candidate for the next wife. So much of the events are not normal. I loved the cleverness of the characters and the rotating perspectives. Frightening how the ghosting leads each of the young women and Pamela to have doubts about what is real.
I read an eARC copy courtesy of NetGalley and the publisher.