In 1948, a mysterious and charismatic man arrives in a small Virginia town carrying two suitcases—one contains his worldly possessions, the other is full of money. He soon inserts himself into the town’s daily life, taking a job in the local butcher shop and befriending the owner and his wife and their son. But the passion that develops between the man and the wife of the town’s wealthiest citizen sets in motion a series of events that not only upset the quiet town but threaten to destroy both him and the woman.
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“[An] unforgettablestory of lost and displaced souls in search of identity, acceptance andbelonging…Goolrick (A Reliable Wife) masterfully ratchets up the tension, whileevocative sensory detail and spiritual overtones infuse the emotional landscapeof a powerful, climactic novel that seeks to define and explore the meaning oflove and goodness.”
— Shelf Awareness
“Deliciously dark and dangerous.”
— O, The Oprah Magazine“Robert Goolrick vividly evokes two lovers doomed by their place and their past.”
— Richmond Times-Dispatch“Goolrick is a writer with a big heart and a deft hand for drama. I look forward to whatever he pens next.”
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Robert Goolrick is the author of The
End of the World as We Know It, a
memoir, and the #1 New York Times bestselling
novel A Reliable Wife, as well as another novel. He lives in
Virginia.
Norman Dietz is a writer, voice-over artist, and audiobook narrator. He has won numerous Earphones Awards and was named one of the fifty “Best Voices of the Century” by AudioFile magazine. He and his late wife, Sandra, transformed an abandoned ice-cream parlor into a playhouse, which served “the world’s best hot fudge sundaes” before and after performances. The founder of Theatre in the Works, he lives in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.