Book Reviews & Giveaway: The Wife's Tale
Author: Lori Lansens
Mary, frantic, begins her search for Gooch. She is no one without him. As she travels to see his sister, Heather, then on to CA to see his mother, Eden, she somehow loses the ability to eat. She encounters kindnesses from strangers, and decides to stay in CA near Eden until Gooch returns.
As Mary searches, she finds herself changing. She sees the ocean for the first time. She learns the constellations. She makes friends with Ronnie, whose husband left her with three year old triplets. She befriends a man, Jesus, and feels a yearning she cannot describe.
As she makes her way out of her inertia, she finds she still cannot eat. The pounds flow off as Mary begins to feels her emotions and takes baby steps to endure Gooch’s abandonment. Eden’s husband, Jack, Gooch’s father, dies. She stays with Eden, waiting for Gooch to call. She maintains some kind of contact with him by watching the bank balance. Gooch makes withdrawals every month or so. She knows he is still alive and out there.
When she sheds her denial and realizes that Gooch is gone, for good, she has transformed herself. She is Mary Gooch and she will survive – and flourish – without Gooch.
In this tender, sometimes sad, always touching tale of connections and lack thereof, we feel Mary’s strength and courage. One step at a time, she cracks open her cocoon. She becomes not a wife, not a childless woman, but a kind and caring person who loves from the inside out.
Touching and enticing Lori Lansens’ “The Wife’s Tale” reminds us that little steps move boulders.
Ratings are based on a 5-star scale
Plot: 3
Characters: 4
Presentation: 4
Overall: 3.5
Book Review by Broad "A" - Ava
The Wife's Tale: A Novel
is available for pre-order from Amazon.com for $16.49Thank you to the Hachette Book Group for providing this title for our book review as well as this giveaway. We were in no way paid or compensated for our opinions.
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