Set in a small Wisconsin farming town crumbling under the impact of the troubled economic times of the 1890s, A Reliable Wife tells the story of Ralph Truitt, a wealthy businessman who advertises for âa reliable wifeâ in a Chicago newspaper. The woman who answers, Catherine Land, describes herself as âa simple, honest woman,â but in truth she is both complex and devious -- not the missionaryâs daughter she describes in her letter but a courtesan of great beauty, kept by men and haunted by a terrible past. Her plan in accepting the marriage offer is simple: she will win this manâs devotion and then, over time, poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow. What she has not counted on, though, is the passion she finds in this seemingly solid, forthright man -- a man who also harbours secrets and whose past is far from pure.
Filled with remarkable characters and drenched with colour and atmosphere, A Reliable Wife is a story of love and madness, longing and murder, played out in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.
Categories:
- Literature & Fiction
- Genre Fiction
Publisher : Harper Perennial
Author : Goolrick, Robert
Language : English
Edition : First Edition
Published :2010-08-03
Number Of Pages : 320
Binding : paperback
ISBN-10 : 1554685044
ISBN-13 : 9781554685042
Item weight : 0.55 lb
Dimensions : 0.9 in x 5.3 in x 7.9 in
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