Finished Th 2/23/23
This is one of the books that The Brandenburgs gave me for Xmas, 2022.
This is a superior novel about domestic violence during the 70's.
A woman is married to an abusive husband so she abandons her life and flees with her infant to a small village on the coast of Maine. She meets a sympathetic man (crab fisherman) and has an affair, but her husband finds her and she kills him. The story is a flashback and it is the author giving the novel to the infant daughter who is now grown.
I found the book insightful and moving. The author is an excellent storyteller.
From the book's page at Amazon:
"Everyone believes that Maureen and Harrold English, two successful New York City journalists, have a happy, stable marriage. It's the early '70s, and no one discusses or even suspects domestic abuse.
But after Maureen suffers another brutal beating, she flees with her infant daughter to a coastal town in Maine. The weeks pass slowly, and just as Maureen settles into her new life and new identity, Harrold reappears, bringing the story to a violent, unforgettable climax.
Nearly nineteen years later, a cache of documents regarding Maureen English is given to her daughter by a journalist. The truth should lie within them, but the papers raise far more questions than they answer..."
Link to the author's page at Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Shreve
Anita Shreve wrote 'THE PILOT'S WIFE' and when Oprah Winfrey selected the novel for her 'book club' Shreve's novels took off. Both 'THE PILOT'S WIFE' and 'THE WEIGHT OF WATER' were made into big budget, Hollywood films.
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