Robert Goolrick
Hardcover | Pages: 291 pages Rating: 3.26 | 72953 Users | 9976 Reviews
Describe About Books A Reliable Wife
| Title | : | A Reliable Wife |
| Author | : | Robert Goolrick |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 291 pages |
| Published | : | March 31st 2009 by Algonquin Books (first published 2009) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Mystery. Romance |
Description Concering Books A Reliable Wife
He placed a notice in a Chicago paper, an advertisement for "a reliable wife." She responded, saying that she was "a simple, honest woman." She was, of course, anything but honest, and the only simple thing about her was her single-minded determination to marry this man and then kill him, slowly and carefully, leaving her a wealthy widow, able to take care of the one she truly loved.What Catherine Land did not realize was that the enigmatic and lonely Ralph Truitt had a plan of his own. And what neither anticipated was that they would fall so completely in love.
Filled with unforgettable characters, and shimmering with color and atmosphere, A Reliable Wife is an enthralling tale of love and madness, of longing and murder.
Listening Length: 8 hours and 58 minutes
Define Books As A Reliable Wife
| Original Title: | A Reliable Wife |
| ISBN: | 1565125967 (ISBN13: 9781565125964) |
| Edition Language: | English URL http://www.algonquin.com/products/9781565125964/ |
| Characters: | Ralph Truitt, Catherine Land, Antonio Truitt |
| Setting: | Wisconsin,1909(United States) St. Louis, Missouri(United States) |
| Literary Awards: | NAIBA Book of the Year for Fiction (2009), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Fiction (2009) |
Rating About Books A Reliable Wife
Ratings: 3.26 From 72953 Users | 9976 ReviewsCommentary About Books A Reliable Wife
At first I was drawn to this book because of it's apparent similarities to the movie, Original Sin, which I happen to love and think is both dark and sexy - hey, it's a guilty pleasure. This book though, is a lot different from what I originally imagined it would be. It's incredibly well-written, dark and poetic, sexy, disturbing, and sad. I was surprised at some of the twists and turns the story took and I have to say I was pleasantly misled into thinking I knew what was going on. This is oneRead, read, skim skim skim, read, skim skim, read, skim read. Oh dear. I found this book hilarious, which is certainly not what the author intended. Enough already after ten pages. I get the point: the guy is damaged and lonely. Enough already about snow, enough already about libraries, enough already about oysters and champagne. Even enough already about sex. Could never have imagined sex scenes could be this boring and repetitious.Sorry for any spoilers that follow, but I couldnt care less. I
2 stars: "It was okay."Well written, but I wanted more gothic trappings--more twists and turns, more creaking stairwells, more sinister secrets--but instead, this book is largely about a middle-aged man ruminating on sex.And the last thing the world needs is another book about an aging white dude's sex life!
Wow... okay, this book got darker and darker, and basically delivered a gut punch that left me reeling and feeling a little sick! BUT at the same time, it was beautifully written -- even as the characters did some extremely ugly things. Some of my overwhelmed-sick-gut-punch feelings might have to do with how I gulped down more than half the book in one sitting (but this also speaks to its addictive readability!). The twists are classic/familiar ones, but I felt were combined in such a way as to
This book, the #1 IndieNext list pick for April 2009, is an infinite loop of love turning to hate and hate turning to love and what all that kinetic passion does to the people who experience it. Set mainly in rural Wisconsin in the depths of the winter of 1907, this is a story of a wealthy man and his mail-order bride at it's very basic root. Both of these people have dark histories that they are trying to forget--or are they? They are strangers to each other--or are they? All that is true in
Even though I have alredy sent this, I am updating for my Best of 2009 list:This was a terrific novel with the gothic feel of past novels such as REBECCA and the recent THIRTEENTH TALE. In 1907 Catherine Land answers an ad for a reliable wife to the wealthy businessman Ralph Truitt. He knows nothing of her sordid past nor does he have any idea of her plans, which is to leave rural Wisconsin a wealthy widow (in her suitcase is a small blue bottle filled with a nasty substance). But what gets in
Intense. Atmospheric (has been compared to Wuthering Heights and Rebecca, and I can see that). Sooooo good. Some of the sexual content will not be for everyone, and tipped my own scales in terms of comfort level, but I could not let this story go. Or maybe it couldn't let me go. You just get so consumed by what is going on. I *had* to know how it would end.
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