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Book Review of A Reliable Wife

A Reliable Wife
A Reliable Wife
Author: Robert Goolrick
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback


A Reliable Wife is one of those best-sellers that has glowing reviews from the critics and mixed/negative reviews from many readers. I'm somewhere in the middle. While I didn't love this book, I didn't hate it either. It's like a gothic novel, where the long, harsh Wisconsin winter plays a supporting character. A Reliable Wife is about two people--Ralph and Catherine--who both have complicated pasts and hidden agendas. It is an intense story of passion, regret, loss.