It's that time of week again: ...Mailbox Monday. Mailbox Monday was started by Marcia of The Printed Page. It is currently on blog tour and this month is being hosted by Life in the Thumb. It's a great opportunity for all of us to share what books have come into our home the previous week.
Rebecca and Amarantha are sisterwives, married to Tobias and sharing a home in a religious community that has isolated itself from the city of Lot . When the strain becomes too great, Amarantha escapes. Tobias, in desperation, goes in search of her.
In her compelling debut novel, Rachel Connor weaves together a moving tale of love, faith and redemption through the lives of two women married to the same man.
Moving through past and present, city and community, following the tangled web of love and secrets, Connor’s richly expressive prose alights on each character in a poignant mixture of trepidation and hope. Sisterwives is a delight from a stunning new talent.
Vivid, mysterious and unforgettable, The Butterfly Cabinet is Bernie McGill’s engrossing portrayal of the dark history that intertwines two lives. Inspired by a true story of the death of the daughter of an aristocratic Irish family at the end of the nineteenth century, McGill powerfully tells this tale of two women whose lives will become upended by a newly told secret.
Then one sweltering afternoon at the local fair, everything changes. Tilly wanders into the fortune teller’s tent and is greeted by an old childhood friend, now a psychic, who offers her more than just a reading. “I’m giving you the gift of clarity,” her friend says. “It’s what I always thought you needed.” And soon enough, Tilly starts seeing things: her father relapsing, staggering out of a bar with his car keys in hand; Tyler uprooting their happy, stable life, a packed U-Haul in their driveway; and even more disturbing, these visions start coming true. Suddenly Tilly’s perfect life, so meticulously mapped out, seems to be crumbling around her. And she’s not sure what’s more frightening: that she’s begun to see the future or what the future holds. . .
Tom Violet always thought that by the time he turned thirty-five, he’d have everything going for him. Fame. Fortune. A beautiful wife. A satisfying career as a successful novelist. A happy dog to greet him at the end of the day.
The reality, though, is far different. He’s got a wife, but their problems are bigger than he can even imagine. And he’s written a novel, but the manuscript he’s slaved over for years is currently hidden in his desk drawer while his father, an actual famous writer, just won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. His career, such that it is, involves mind-numbing corporate buzzwords, his pretentious archnemesis Gregory, and a hopeless, completely inappropriate crush on his favorite coworker. Oh . . . and his dog, according to the vet, is suffering from acute anxiety.
Tom’s life is crushing his soul, but he’s decided to do something about it. (Really.) Domestic Violets is the brilliant and beguiling story of a man finally taking control of his own happiness—even if it means making a complete idiot of himself along the way.
...and that concludes the 13th installment of Mailbox Monday. Hope yours was as full!
