Publication: April 5, 2022
NetGalley
St Martin's Press
fiction, arc, suspense, thriller, digital
2021 Australia (first release)
346 pages
3/5 stars
5/26/22- 5/27/22
I have been reading Advanced Reader Copies for years so I am prepared for some alterations prior to it being in its published form. I will often listen to the audio version when published to compare with usually only minor changes to people's names for example, addition or subtraction of sentences. This book had a very different ending from ARC copy and what went to print. This book was also first published in Australia and I understand that it also underwent the same transformations. To avoid spoilers I will just comment that verbal and physical abuse are addressed in this novel and the changes relate to how the story is resolved, if there is one.
It is narrated from different POV with addresses the women involved with Stephen Ashton, a heart surgeon, who is looking to remarry yet again at age 60 to Heather Wisher, a much younger woman at 34 years old who was hired as their interior designer. Meanwhile, Stephen is getting a divorce from Pamela whose health is declining due to Alzheimer's disease. It is difficult to write a spoiler free review given that both versions I've read lead down a confusing path. One version aimed to address some unresolved questions that weren't clear in the other version. It really felt like two different books in the end for me. Basically, all the women in the novel have encountered some sort of abuse whether revealed and discussed or ignored. There is a final twist in the end with the epilogue which occurs 3 years prior to the story which I don't think clarified the plot for me in anyway.
https://bookwormreviewblog.blogspot.com/2022/04/now-available-younger-wife-by-sally.html
https://www.edelweiss.plus/?sku=1250229618&g=4400
https://www.bookbub.com/reviews/1595132598
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4179780107
https://www.librarything.com/work/26968944
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