Besides Lily and Ed and their less-than-blissful marriage, Corry introduces their neighbors across the hall, Italian immigrant Francesca Cavoletti and her 9-year-old daughter, Carla, who catches Ed’s eye as the perfect artistic subject. We then follow Rosie-our female protagonist- through the devastating turn of events as her grief turns into self-pity, then inertia. I found this book a really compelling read, mostly because I found Rosie’s situation so convincing and I wanted to know how she could move on from the loss of all she held dear. Showboat Medical Examiner Margot Heavner makes it clear that, breaking with her department’s earlier practice ( The Bone Collection, 2016, etc. When she can no longer be a wife and Phil wants to move to a bigger city with the children, she has to reevaluate her life and figure out where she lost her non familial dreams along the way.

The plots within this story are very well executed with many twists and turns, leading the reader on an amazing journey to a climatic ending and a satisfying conclusion, with all loose ends tied up and all questions answered. Another sweltering month in Charlotte, another boatload of mysteries past and present for overworked, overstressed forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan. My first was The Christmas Café, and my second was the all-consuming Another Love, both of which I adored.

Just when you think nothing else can happen to make things worse for her, something happens to make her feel even more alone. You always knew when Naomi popped up in a chapter that there was going to be some kind of drama or funny questions.

Yes they have the regular ups and downs like any couple married for a number of years and juggling children and work and financial matters but Rosie thinks her world is complete and Phil accepts her for who she is. The narrator (the author) did a wonderful job in capturing the personalities of most of the characters but particularly Rosie and her daughters. After a brief and not unusual trip to the emergency room, she tells her husband about the negative test. Many might question why this would be enough for a person, being a wife and mother - is it realistic someone would be like that?I read this in one sitting late at night with a very large cup of tea and I thought that was the perfect way. Her neighboring BFF who consistently backs the OW and whose form of banter with the h is abusive, if you ask me. A volcanic eruption is quite another, for, as the journalist who does a framing voice-over narration for Brooks’ latest puts it, when Mount Rainier popped its cork, “it was the psychological aspect, the hyperbole-fueled hysteria that had ended up killing the most people. You may not always approve of what is going on or how the characters respond to situations but Amanda is an expert at providing a balanced, well presented view to all sides of the story. The result was Poppy Day, the story of an army wife, whose incredible love for her husband gives her the courage to rescue him from hostages in Afghanistan.

Rosie is heartbroken for her and her daughters, the girls are her life and she is determined to keep them close and happy despite the upheaval that surrounds them. It has quickly become clear to me, even after the completion of only three novels, that Amanda is an author I can trust. Having read the cover and the synopsis, I knew from the start that Rosie’s husband was going to leave her; it was just a matter of when it would happen. OW, who decides to target the h and break up her family for no good reason and taunts the h in her hospital bed that she has stolen her husband and her children. It will likely cause you to stay up too late reading it, but it’s definitely worth the lost sleep—this is a Book Worth Reading.

Luckily for us fans there are two more books to come from Amanda later this year - I Won't Be Home for Christmas and The Food of Love - you really can't say she doesn't keep her fans happy. But ultimately she can't question what she loves and that was the life she had, as her husband's wife and mother to her children. Hopefully, like me, they will also find My Husband's Wife a thought-provoking, insightful look into modern day extended family relationships brilliantly written and ultimately uplifting.

I was quickly immersed in the world of Rosie and her family because of Ms Prowse’s seamless narrative style. This story illustrates the ease with which certain people can have two personas- one that they present in public and another that they present in private and the ease with which they can switch between both personas. It was the simple things that made Rosie's heart lift with joy, from cooking supper for her family to packing Phil's lunch before he headed off to work. My Husband's Wife is a gripping book that kept me glued to my seat from the start, I couldn't put it down.I have no idea where the 'no greater courage' in the title came from as Rosie showed no courage whatsoever, quite the opposite, she literally curled up and waited to be rescued and don't get me started on the trite ending, that was just ridiculous! There are just little phrases and sayings dotted about in there that are brilliantly descriptive in their very normality, like trying to cheer someone up at Christmas by letting them have first pick in the Quality Street tin!