{"product_id":"9781250054456","title":"How To Be a Good Wife : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eHow To Be a Good Wife\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Emma Chapman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eHOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE\u003c\/i\u003e BY EMMA CHAPMAN IS A HAUNTING LITERARY DEBUT ABOUT A WOMAN WHO BEGINS HAVING VISIONS THAT MAKE HER QUESTION EVERYTHING SHE KNOWS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarta and Hector have been married for a long time. Through the good and bad; through raising a son and sending him off to life after college. So long, in fact, that Marta finds it difficult to remember her life before Hector. He has always taken care of her, and she has always done everything she can to be a good wife—as advised by a dog-eared manual given to her by Hector's aloof mother on their wedding day.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut now, something is changing. Small things seem off. A flash of movement in the corner of her eye, elapsed moments that she can't recall. Visions of a blonde girl in the darkness that only Marta can see. Perhaps she is starting to remember—or perhaps her mind is playing tricks on her. As Marta's visions persist and her reality grows more disjointed, it's unclear if the danger lies in the world around her, or in Marta herself. The girl is growing more real every day, and she wants something.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“An accomplished debut from a writer who shows insight and emotional power.” —\u003ci\u003eHilary Mantel, New York Times bestselling author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[An] extraordinary book...Chapman has written a brilliant twist.” —\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“On the surface the book is a highly competent, creepy little chiller, but beneath, like a silent, bolted, and half-dark room, there's a much bigger, equally disconcerting story about the nature of feminine experience.” —\u003ci\u003eHilary Mantel, New York Times–winning author of author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[The] claustrophobic, interior-driven narrative harks back to Charlotte Perkins Gilman's disturbing feminist classic\u003ci\u003e The Yellow Wallpaper\u003c\/i\u003e, or even Ibsen's \u003ci\u003eA Doll's House\u003c\/i\u003e.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian (London)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“[A] chilling debut...Chapman excels at creating tension and suspense.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eHow To Be a Good Wife\u003c\/i\u003e is at once claustrophobic, startling and hauntingly beautiful. It's that amazing, awful kind of book that will stay with you long after you wish it would let you go.” —\u003ci\u003eLiza Klaussmann, author of Tigers in Red Weather\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A compelling, twisty tale of deception and distrust. Beautifully written, and very clever.” —\u003ci\u003eElizabeth Haynes, author of Into the Darkest Corner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLong-listed Romantic Times Book Award (2013)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781250054456\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Picador","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40628031094990,"sku":"9781250054456","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_5371333a-2897-4628-be9c-d46fd4e72c26.jpg?v=1638755033","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781250054456","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}