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Chandler Baker, queen of the feminist thriller, has delivered once again! The Husbands is a poignant exploration of what it would take for women to have it all." Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Good Sister
To what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband?
Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too but why does it seem like she is always working so much harder?
When the Spanglers go house hunting in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered womena tech CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, a bestselling authorwith enviably supportive husbands. When she agrees to help with a residents wrongful death case, she is pulled into the lives of the women there. She finds the air is different in Dynasty Ranch. The women arent hanging on by a thread.
But as the case unravels, Nora uncovers a plot that may explain the secret to having-it-all. One thats worth killing for. Calling to mind a Stepford Wives gender-swap, New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network Chandler Baker's The Husbands imagines a world where the burden of the second shift is equally sharedand what it may take to get there.
Utterly engrossing and thoroughly timely, The Husbands is both a gripping, well-crafted mystery and an insightful critique of motherhood and marriage in the modern age--working mothers everywhere will feel seen in the best possible way.
Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Marriage
Genre: Mystery
Chandler Baker, queen of the feminist thriller, has delivered once again! The Husbands is a poignant exploration of what it would take for women to have it all." Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of The Good Sister
To what lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband?
Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too but why does it seem like she is always working so much harder?
When the Spanglers go house hunting in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered womena tech CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, a bestselling authorwith enviably supportive husbands. When she agrees to help with a residents wrongful death case, she is pulled into the lives of the women there. She finds the air is different in Dynasty Ranch. The women arent hanging on by a thread.
But as the case unravels, Nora uncovers a plot that may explain the secret to having-it-all. One thats worth killing for. Calling to mind a Stepford Wives gender-swap, New York Times bestselling author of Whisper Network Chandler Baker's The Husbands imagines a world where the burden of the second shift is equally sharedand what it may take to get there.
Utterly engrossing and thoroughly timely, The Husbands is both a gripping, well-crafted mystery and an insightful critique of motherhood and marriage in the modern age--working mothers everywhere will feel seen in the best possible way.
Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of A Good Marriage
Genre: Mystery
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"Utterly engrossing and thoroughly timely, The Husbands is both a gripping, well-crafted mystery and an insightful critique of motherhood and marriage in the modern age--working mothers everywhere will feel seen in the best possible way." - Kimberly McCreight
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