“When Wendy Walker released her debut novel Four Wives in February 2008, the media immediately responded. ?Walker’s first novel is set in fictional Hunting Ridge and is creating quite a buzz in the Connecticut suburbs,? wrote The New York Times. ?Her book keeps the tension building as each of the characters wonders if they will be able to continue playing their roles in the community and in their homes,? said Connecticut Post. Between the book’s focus on suburban angst, and the author’s intimate knowledge of the world in which she writes, Four Wives offers a fly-on-the-wall look at one of America’s wealthiest communities ? and four seemingly content women who live there.
Newly released in paperback, Four Wives: A Novel has steadily gained an impressive readership ? and one that is still growing. Eagerly passed around among women’s book groups, friends, and mommy blogs, Four Wives has proven irresistible to readers well beyond Connecticut’s suburbs. That’s because underneath each character’s highly privileged lifestyle lays a private ? and all too relatable ? struggle.“
Four Wives isn’t the typical book that I’d pick up off the shelf and start reading. There’s no murder, not much mystery etc, etc. But, for some reason beyond my grasp, I was drawn to this one. Once I picked it up, I couldn’t seem to find it in myself to put it down.
Four Wives take place in a setting unfamiliar to me, the ritzy part of the suburbs. You know, the neighborhood where you have to be all prim and proper because Jane Doe down the road is watching your every move, just waiting for some juicy gossip to share with her wannabe perfect little friends who’ve visited a plastic surgeon at least once or twice.
From the beginning, First Wives was in interesting tale about four women who lived in the prestige “Hunting Ridge” community. Each woman was so different from the other, yet they got together to plan charity events and cry on each other’s shoulders. Of course it just all fell apart, because nobody’s life is perfect, no matter how much they try to act like it is on the surface. You know, this is usually where reality sets in, but not for these Hunting Ridge women. No, instead they wait until it all falls apart and just about blows up in their faces.
Four Wives was definitely a good read and I recommend it to anyone who loves drama or even those who don’t because it’s just kind of funny! Kudos to Wendy Walker and I hope she comes out with a spin off or at least a similar story.
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