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"The memory starts here, in my apron pocket, with the gun."
So begins The Doctor’s Wife, a stunning debut novel about four people and the cataclysmic intersection of their lives. Michael is a rising OB/GYN at a prominent private practice in Albany, New York; he also moonlights at a local women’s health clinic. But Annie, his wife, has become tired of her workaholic husband’s absences, and the soccer-mom lifestyle has worn thin. She begins a passionate love affair with bad-boy, fading celebrity painter Simon Haas—an affair that quickly goes awry when Simon’s wife Lydia, who is also the model upon whom he built his career, discovers the truth.
Abortion, local evangelism, marital disenchantment, and the rifts of social class: Brundage takes on the fault lines of our era with a deft hand.
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Meredith K. (
15 member(s) found this review helpful.
From the back cover, "Abortion, local evangelism, marital disenchantment, and the rifts of social class: Brundage takes on the fault lines of our era with a deft hand. The Doctor's Wife is an accomplished, page-turning novel."
It took me two days to finish this novel...and two weeks later, I can't get the characters out of my head. This book will grip your heart and mind, and it will haunt you. Not for the faint of heart.
12 member(s) found this review helpful.
Fascinating book about so many different controversies: religion, abortion, adultery and it goes on. But handles all of this gracefully and a good book that kept me reading until the end. Would highly recommend.
11 member(s) found this review helpful.
a psychological thriller that is as riveting as it is replusive.i couldnt put it down
Beth F. (
9 member(s) found this review helpful.
This book was a very slow read. I don't really care for books that start with the ENDING of a story. Kind of takes the fun out of the story. Not my cup of tea.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
The usual evangelical-Christians-portrayed-as-psychotic-crazies storyline.
8 member(s) found this review helpful.
Interesting story about a stressed young family and the temptations and ambitions that threaten to ruin them. Very suspenseful dark tale.
6 member(s) found this review helpful.
It was a good read. Before I started it, I didn't think I would like the book, but it captured my attention and I enjoyed it. It didn't end the way I thought it would. A nice, easy read. We read it for our book club and it gave us a basis for some good discussion.
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Excellent thriller. Starts out slow but soon into could not put it down.
Summer B. (
4 member(s) found this review helpful.
Very interesting book. Little bit of Drama, Romance, Religion, quite a psycological thriller. Does have some adult language.
3 member(s) found this review helpful.
From the first words I was hooked. I could not put this book down wanting to know how it would all end. Well-crafted novel.
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Franchesca M. (Very good thriller. Keeps you on the edge of your seat throughout.
Catherine T. (i did not like this book at all boring and could not really get into at all started out slow and had to force myself to read this book and did not like it . could not even finish it sorry to say and for me being the voracious reader that I am that is saying something about the book .
Really twisted story. Sick but that doesn't mean it isn't good or that I didn't like it. Could be hard for some to read.
Sandra D. (A very compelling read..."abortion, local evangelism, marital disenchantment, and the rifts of social class" (from back cover). Very well written.
Jane J. (Read All Book Reviews of "The Doctors Wife"
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