The Secrets of Married Women

By Carol Mason

Book Overview

When Jill's husband discovers he can never have children, it tears a hole in their marriage that Jill doesn't know how to repair. Frustrated, she seeks comfort in her friends: fierce Leigh, with her high-powered career and doting family, and sweet, uncomplicated Wendy, who has a rock-solid marriage any woman would envy. Leigh and Wendy's lives seem perfect. But beneath the surface are secrets that could tear their friendship apart. Leigh has grown tired of her stay-at-home husband and is looking for excitement--outside of the marriage bed. And after seventeen years of marriage, Wendy can't shake the sense that there is something missing in her life. As Jill is drawn deeper into her friends' relationships, she is confronted by a temptation of her own: an intriguing stranger whose good looks and charm spark an instant connection. Full of the realities of modern-day marriage, The Secrets of Married Women asks the question: how well can we ever know our husbands, our friends, or even ourselves?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503942066
• ISBN13: 9781503942066
• Release Date: June 2017
• Publisher: Lake Union Publishing
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.1"

Customer Reviews

good women's bookclub disscussion

I enjoyed this book. It was not typical of the women's lit I have read in that the women were not obviously good or bad; they were various shades of grey and therefore more real to me. It evoked one of the more lively discussions in my women's bookclub . Given the subject matter of a woman's infidelity in marriage, I thought the conversation could have been quite superficial and/or stilted; however it had the opposite effect, opening the flood gates to a wealth of diverse opinions on the various characters and plot twists. I had trouble believing that a woman would go for 6 months without relations with her husband and not take the bull by the horns so to speak and at least discuss the lack of intimacy with him, but other ladies in my book club had quite an opposite opinion. I also was finding one character to be a bit over the top until my girlfriend described a family member who made this character out to be quite tame.