Those Russian women, they knew how to deal with the cold, and that was by throwing all sense of fashion out the window and essentially going out dressed as a bed”. The Other Wife is well thought out, the writing was solid and flowed well. Unfortunately, there were some implausible parts to this book, and I felt this distracted from the overall believability, but you will have to decide for yourself. And then out of the blue, a woman named Nora rents the cottage next to Suzi’s. Finally, Suzi doesn’t feel so alone. Suzi hopes that she can find a confidant in Nora, but what she doesn’t know is Nora already knows all of Suzi’s secrets and she is planning to use them against her…

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As my four star rating says, I definitely recommend it to friends – Mum also read it and really enjoyed it. So, if you need to do the dishes or do some work on the computer, this is the very mini-series to do it to. You won't miss you and can easily catch upon what's happening in a New York second. I found the characters unlikable and found myself wanting to skip through chapters and wanting to just find out how it ended. I did like the multiple points of view and how they twisted together, and predicted some twists, but not all. THE OTHER WIFE by Kathleen Irene Paterka is a gripping story of love, betrayal, and loss. When Eleanor Anderson’s husband Richard suddenly dies, she finds out that he left all of his money to another woman, Claire Anderson—his other wife. The story follows the aftermath of this bombshell from the perspectives of both Eleanor and Claire. Paterka made both characters so lovable, it was difficult for the reader to “choose” a side.

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Kathleen Irene Paterka is a brilliant writer. Her use of the English language is brilliant. I thoroughly enjoyed reading this book, not only because of the storyline, but because Paterka told it so beautifully. Born in Australia in November 1960, Michael Robotham grew up in small country towns that had more dogs than people and more flies than dogs. He escaped in 1979 and became a cadet journalist on an afternoon newspaper in Sydney. For the next fourteen years he wrote for newspapers and magazines in Australia, Britain and America. As a senior feature writer for the UK’s Mail on Sunday he was among the first people to view the letters and diaries of Czar Nicholas II and his wife Empress Alexandra, unearthed in the Moscow State Archives in 1991. He also gained access to Stalin’s Hitler files, which had been missing for nearly fifty years until a cleaner stumbled upon a cardboard box that had been misplaced and misfiled.

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As with What You Did, come to think of it, the men are the least well drawn, but hey I'm fine with that. Turnabout is fair play? They satisfy fun/expected character tropes, though if anything could count as a quibble with the book, it would be that. There was one specific male character I would have liked a tad less distance from, though I think perhaps the air of mystery was to contribute to dramatic tension? Eleanor's husband's work took him away from home for weeks every month. Although they had been married for 38 years, the spark had gone away long ago. Richard was a great provider for her family so Eleanor never had anything to worry about. She had quit her job as a teacher right after her children were born as Richard promised he would take care of her. Throughout I found myself wondering which wife has been betrayed the most, and who has the more difficult journey ahead. The glimpses into their respective marriages shed a fascinating light on who Richard was and also suggest why he behaved as he did. Kathleen Irene Paterka has made her mark on women’s fiction with this stunning novel about love, loss, betrayal and starting over. The Other Wife is not a statement of bitterness but rather of learning to accept, if not understand the predicament life has ensconced two unsuspecting and innocent women in. She has allowed each woman to come to terms with their personal betrayals and choose a fresh path for their lives, building something strong out of the rubble they reluctantly find themselves buried in. The “villain” of this tale is gone, but was Richard all bad or was there more we will never know, questions we can never have answers to? Powerful and thought provoking, Kathleen Irene Paterka has written from her heart and it shows in her delicate handling of a devastating situation. This isn’t pink and frothy, this strikes deep into the heart, mind and soul. Ms. Paterka’s style is one of eloquence through her words while captivating her audience.

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Her other major novels include September (1990), Coming Home (1995) and Winter Solstice (2000). [10] [12] Coming Home won the Romantic Novel of the Year Award by Romantic Novelists' Association in 1996. [13] The president of the association in 2019, the romance writer Katie Fforde, considers Pilcher to be "groundbreaking as she was the first to bring family sagas to the wider public". [10] Felicity Bryan, in her obituary for The Guardian, writes that Pilcher took the romance genre to "an altogether higher, wittier level"; she praises Pilcher's work for its "grittiness and fearless observation" and comments that it is often more prosaic than romantic. [2] a b c d e Musumeci, Robin (2010). "Pilcher, Rosamunde (1924– )". In Geoff Hamilton; Brian Jones (eds.). Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction. Infobase Publishing. pp.266–67. ISBN 9781438116945. a b c Binchy, Maeve (7 February 1988). "War and Change Come to Temple Pudley". New York Times . Retrieved 1 September 2012. The Other Wife by Claire McGowan is a twisty domestic thriller with a cast full of unlikable characters. We see through the perspectives of 3 women: Nora, Suzi and Elle. We know Nora and Suzi are neighbors, but we are trying to guess how this separate woman, Elle, fits into the mix. Unfortunately, I guessed how the 3 women were all interconnected, which removed the element of surprise. But at the end, there were more twists that I didn't see coming, which kept me hooked to the story. I still would recommend this one! 4/5 stars.

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This was an excellent, emotionally fraught domestic suspense in the vein of The Wife Between Us--fans of that book will like this one, I think. It has a variety of women scorned and battered by controlling, dubious men, with lots of sordid, soapy details and a satisfying, unsettling ending. I was guessing the whole time as to how the messy interpersonal details would play out--and that's how I would describe this. Things get MESSY, in the most delightful way. The Other Wife is a suspenseful, domestic thriller which follows the perspectives of three different women, Suzi, Nora, and Elle. They each have a story to tell, but just how closely are these three women actually connected? a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t The Writers Directory 1980–82. Springer/Macmillan. 2016 [1979]. p.981. ISBN 9781349036509.Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE ( née Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) [2] was a British novelist, best known for her sweeping novels set in Cornwall. Her books have sold over 60 million copies worldwide. [3] Early in her career she was published under the pen name Jane Fraser. In 2001, she received the Corine Literature Prize's Weltbild Readers' Prize for Winter Solstice. The strangeness doesn’t end there. This woman is covered in William’s blood, and is claiming that she found him at the bottom of the stairs in their house. Can she be trusted? Is she really William’s wife – or the one who hurt him? From 1943 until 1946, Pilcher served with the Women's Royal Naval Service. On 7 December 1946, she married Graham Hope Pilcher, [5] a war hero and jute industry executive who died in March 2009. [7] They moved to Dundee, Scotland. They had two daughters and two sons. [8] Her son, Robin Pilcher, is also a novelist. [9]

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William and Mary have been married sixty years. William is a celebrated surgeon, Mary a devoted wife. Both are strong believers in right and wrong. Her husband's work took him away from his home for weeks at a time and sometimes even longer. And even though they had been married for 38 years, there spark had gone away a long time ago. Richard well he was a fantastic provider for the family so Eleanor never really had anything at all to worry about. She had quit her job as a teacher years ago right after her children were born. Richard had promised her that he would take care of her. Two women, strangers, happily married with a loving and kind husband who adores his children, one emotional nightmare that begins with death. Eleanor and Claire have no reason to meet, they live miles apart, in separate worlds, until the night Eleanor’s husband, Richard dies in bed lying next to her. Richard was a successful businessman, or so it seemed. Naturally, his will would leave everything to Eleanor, his devoted wife for decades, the woman who gave up her education and career to make a home for her family. When Richard’s will clearly states everything goes to another woman, the road to discovery and pain will begin as Claire, the new beneficiary, and Eleanor learn that their “husbands” were the same “Richard,” one man, two wives, and a tsunami of questions, hurt and resentment begin as one wife learns The Other Wife will reap the benefits of the life she had entrusted to a man who lived a life of lies. Will either of them get over the resentment they each feel toward the other? Who really was The Other Wife?

The book had a good plot and several twists to it. I just really didn't connect with the characters. I really enjoyed this book. It is not a thriller, nor a love story, not an urban fantasy or a ya coming of age. It is just a greatly written story about the wrong person to love and the possible consequences.