The Doctor's Wife
Author(s):
Elizabeth Brundage
Label: Amazon Remainders Account
Publisher(s):
Amazon Remainders Account
Studio: Amazon Remainders Account
Manufacturer: Amazon Remainders Account
Binding: Paperback
Format(s): Bargain Price
List Price: $14.00
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Editorial Reviews
Product Description
"The memory starts here, in my apron pocket, with the gun."
So begins The Doctor?s Wife, a stunning debut novel about four people and the cataclysmic intersection of their lives. Michael is a rising OB/GYN at a prominent private practice in Albany, New York; he also moonlights at a local women?s health clinic. But Annie, his wife, has become tired of her workaholic husband?s absences, and the soccer-mom lifestyle has worn thin. She begins a passionate love affair with bad-boy, fading celebrity painter Simon Haas?an affair that quickly goes awry when Simon?s wife Lydia, who is also the model upon whom he built his career, discovers the truth.
Abortion, local evangelism, marital disenchantment, and the rifts of social class: Brundage takes on the fault lines of our era with a deft hand.
Amazon.com Review
A suspense novel crossed with a literary exploration of infidelity and marital rancor, Elizabeth Brundage's ambitious debut, The Doctor's Wife, provides more than the usual kick of adrenalin for readers. In a small town in upstate New York, urban transplants Annie and Michael Knowles--he is a rising OB/GYN, and she is a once-trailblazing journalist who has settled into a teaching job--hope to escape the noise and bustle of the city. But both are drawn into danger: Annie begins an affair with an infamous (and married) painter, Simon Haas, and Michael is coaxed into helping an ex-lover at her family planning clinic. He performs abortions for poor women, and tries to ignore the cars that follow him home and the increasingly threatening phone calls. ometimes Brundage perfectly navigates the twisting, overlapping elements of her complicated story line, but other times gives us too much at a time. And one of her characters, Simon's disturbed wife Lydia Haas, is so fascinating that she puts the others in the shade. Nevertheless, this is a rich first novel and a promising beginning for its author. --Regina Marler
Customer Reviews
Excellent. Thrilling. Excrutiating.
Highly recommend. The words dance across the pages...gracefully yet full of pain. You will not be able to put this down. You will fall in love. And your heart will ache. Amazing.
The Book Sure Has A Lot of Words.
At first the book was interesting. Then I found my mind wandering, so I tried again later. I read till the last half, and got so bogged down I decided to speed read the rest. I read the last few pages to see how it ended, and that was that. I didn't like much about this book-- the characters, the way anti-abortionists are portrayed (of course, they are all bad), and I thought the conversation with the 6 year old girl about abortion was totally unnecessary. What 6 year old girl can understand a subject that serious? I just didn't give a flip about any of the characters. None of them had any redeeming qualities, so I didn't want to waste any more of my time.
An Unexpectedly Good Read
I found this book on the shelf in my familial home where I was in exile during Hurricane Ike; it kept me nicely absorbed during the ordeal. I enjoyed the characters, loved Ms. Brundage's writing, but was often struck that some of the anti-abortionist's seemded a little cardboardish / unreal. Maybe that was intended. All in all, it was a good enough read to spur me on to read her latest book.
Great start for this new author!
This book was wonderful! It held my attention right until the very last page. She does a great job of telling a story, and getting you into the mind of her characters.
on the edge thriller - not for wimps
This is an unusal thriller, the sort of novel that looks at many issues most people would rather not talk about, like the abortion issue - and mostly you don't find these subjects in regular thrillers. While there were a few scenes that made my hairs stand on end, I applaud this author's skill and courage in taking on serious issues in such a way that I was compelled to read on. I also found the characters and their stories to be unusual and fascinating. This book is not for everyone, however. In times like these, when people seem oversensitive to the "big issues" and political ideas, some readers might be offended. However, that may be the most powerful aspect of this book, and this is a writer I will continue to watch out for. If you don't mind a little controversy, this book's for you. Read it!
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