The Wives by Tarryn Fisher
Published by HQ
Publication Date: 30 April 2020 (paperback)
30 December 2019 (ebook)
Genre: Womens Fiction
My thanks to the publisher for the opportunity to read this title via Netgalley. All opinions are my own and unbiased.
My thanks to the publisher for the opportunity to read this title via Netgalley. All opinions are my own and unbiased.
Book Description:
You’ve never met the other wives. None of you know each other, you see your husband only one day a week. Thursday. But you don’t care, you love him that much. Or at least that’s what you’ve told yourself…
And then, one day it all changes.
You thought you were fine with this, with only having a fraction of a husband. But you can’t help yourself, you start to dig. Begin tracking them down, the other days… Who is Monday and why does she have bruises on her arms? Is she being abused? By who? Her husband? Your husband?
What else is he keeping from you?
And who is he, really?
My Thoughts:
This is the most unusual book I have read for a long time. The narrator of the story is a young lady named Thursday who tells us she is the legal wife of Seth. She is his second wife yet he has married another lady named Hannah since she is unable to provide him with a child. Seth is a polygamist as his father was before him. Thursday comes across as a confident woman who finds herself in a position she had never imagined, having to share her husband's time with 2 other women. As she describes this, we gradually learn that she is not as accepting of the situation as we are first led to believe and when she discovers a receipt in her husband's pocket she decides to start looking for the other wives.
Little by little she discovers names and places, snippets of information which lead her to the women who share her life. Then she starts to discover that Seth is not the man she thought he was. She convinces herself that Hannah - or Tuesday as she knows her - is in danger from Seth and that she needs to help her get away from her husband.
From hereon, things begin to get complicated. Facts don't add up, Seth starts to get angry with Thursday and tells her she is making things up and that she shouldn't meddle with other people's relationships. Thursday's life spirals out of control and this is the point where I couldn't decide who was telling the truth. Everything Seth said kind of sounded more convincing than Thursday's version of things but I couldn't trust either of them.With few friends and family in their life together there weren't many other people chipping in with their opinions however it's not til virtually at the end that we really understand what has been going on.
This is a very cleverly written book, and while I couldn't have sat and read the whole thing in one sitting - it is far too emotionally draining for that - I did find myself thinking about the storyline while I was away from it and was drawn strongly to pick it back up and continue with the tale.
There are several triggers in this book which some readers will find upsetting.
Little by little she discovers names and places, snippets of information which lead her to the women who share her life. Then she starts to discover that Seth is not the man she thought he was. She convinces herself that Hannah - or Tuesday as she knows her - is in danger from Seth and that she needs to help her get away from her husband.
From hereon, things begin to get complicated. Facts don't add up, Seth starts to get angry with Thursday and tells her she is making things up and that she shouldn't meddle with other people's relationships. Thursday's life spirals out of control and this is the point where I couldn't decide who was telling the truth. Everything Seth said kind of sounded more convincing than Thursday's version of things but I couldn't trust either of them.With few friends and family in their life together there weren't many other people chipping in with their opinions however it's not til virtually at the end that we really understand what has been going on.
This is a very cleverly written book, and while I couldn't have sat and read the whole thing in one sitting - it is far too emotionally draining for that - I did find myself thinking about the storyline while I was away from it and was drawn strongly to pick it back up and continue with the tale.
There are several triggers in this book which some readers will find upsetting.
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