Jane Porter is known for her emotional, heartfelt stories about women struggling with issues of friendship, marriage, family, and self-acceptance, and her Brennan Sisters Trilogy is no exception. I have been thrilled to have reviewed the first two books in this trilogy and today I am happy to share with you this final installment about these sisters.
THE GOOD WIFE
a novel by; Jane Porter
Berkley Trade Paperback Original
ISBN: 978-0-425-25367-0
Publication: September 3, 2013
Sarah’s love for her husband, professional baseball player Boone Walker, is intense. So much so that her sisters say it will end up hurting her. While Sarah stays home and cares for their two children, Boone travels almost all year. Living apart most of the time makes life difficult, especially since Sarah often wonders whether Boone is sharing his bed with other women on the road, even though he swears he’s been true to her since his infidelity three years ago. Now, with Boone facing yet another career change, tension rises between the two, and the emotionally exhausted Sarah must choose whether to break free from the past and forgive Boone completely, or leave him behind and start anew.
My thoughts:
In the sense of a triolgy, the author has the unique writing ability to take a story line and break it into 3 different stories that work wonderfully together or stand alone as an individual book too. It doesn’t matter what order you read these books. One does not exactly build upon another, but there are family issues and story lines within that you may want to follow by reading these books in order.
In this book, The Good Wife, the author knocks another one out of the park – a little baseball humor here – with this story. Sarah just cannot forgive and forget that her husband has cheated on her in the past and her anxiety about his faithfulness can destroy everything that is good about what they have. Between the pressures of many other family issues, she is on the edge continually and that creates many issues.
The author has created a character in Sarah that is almost on the edge of a nervous breakdown. You can feel the tension and as your read, you feel like you are right there in her passion and extreme love for her husband and yet her continual obsessiveness of her worries. The author continues to add in plenty of other family drama and storyline to keep the story fresh and those pages turning.
I love reading Jane Porter stories. They are so relate-able to normal family drama and yet you feel the closeness of the family as well. You absolutely cannot help but love her characters and the entire Brennan family unit. A new character is added in this story and I cannot wait to see if she turn that into another book that you cannot put down.
If you are looking for a fabulous story full of love, passion, drama, and other family issues, grab this book! You are going to love it – and the first two books as well!
Disclaimer: Chris has personally reviewed the product listed above. She has not received any monetary compensation for her review but did receive a free product to try out so she could evaluate and use it for her review. Her thoughts & opinions in this review are unbiased & honest and your opinions may differ.
This sounds like a trilogy is should read since I enjoy reading about love, passion, drama, and other family issues.