The Wives: A Novel
Hilary Rhodes
- One
- day,
- a
- young
- woman
- marries
- a
- famous
- Hollywood
- movie
- star
- two
- decades
- her
- senior,
- and
- is
- drawn
- into
- his
- glamorous
- world
- and
- its
- dirty
- secrets.
- She
- begins
- to
- uncover
- the
- systemic
- scandals
- around
- powerful
- men
- in
- the
- industry,
- and
- the
- measures
- taken
- to
- keep
- them
- hidden.
- When
- she
- discovers
- the
- truth
- of
- just
- what
- one
- of
- those
- abusers
- is
- willing
- to
- do,
- she
- takes
- matters
- into
- her
- own
- hands.
- Her
- targets:
- all
- the
- men
- who
- think
- they
- can
- get
- away
- with
- this.
- But
- as
- the
- project
- spirals
- out
- of
- control,
- and
- she
- is
- drawn
- into
- increasingly
- dangerous
- attempts
- to
- go
- after
- more
- and
- more
- powerful
- players,
- it
- runs
- the
- risk
- of
- destroying
- her
- marriage,
- her
- life,
- her
- husband's
- glittering
- career,
- and
- everything
- she
- has
- ever
- believed
- in.Combining
- the
- dark
- feminist
- dystopia
- of
- Margaret
- Atwood,
- the
- possibly-unreliable
- narrator
- and
- twisty
- crime
- thrills
- of
- Gillian
- Flynn,
- and
- the
- high-life
- champagne
- glamour
- of
- Lauren
- Weisberger,
- THE
- WIVES
- offers
- a
- unique
- exploration
- into
- our
- troubled
- temporal
- moment,
- and
- challenges
- its
- audience
- to
- rethink
- their
- assumptions
- and response.
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