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The wife's tale, a novel by Lori Lansens

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a novel by Lori Lansens

On the eve of their Silver Anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband Jimmy to come home. As night turns to day, it becomes frighteningly clear to Mary that he is gone. Through the years, disappointment and worry have brought Mary's life to a standstill, and she has let her universe shrink to the well-worn path from the bedroom to the refrigerator. But her husband's disappearance startles her out of her inertia, and she begins a desperate search

Intro -- Welcome -- Dedication -- A Pretty Face -- The Night Clock -- Bonds of Distinction -- Weight of Grief -- Finger of Blame -- Symbiosis -- Her Body Electric -- A Distant Relation -- Expressions of Genuine Concern -- Steadfast Tomorrow -- Lightning -- Reconfigured and Reborn -- Dream Sequence -- Nothing Nefarious -- The Leaving and the Left -- Rule of Three -- God to Soul -- California Dreamin' -- Uncommon Humanity -- Weeping Willows -- Target Clear -- A Hard Name to Forget -- Living the Dream -- Wealth of Food -- A Disconnected State -- Shooting Stars -- Nothing Gets Out Blood -- A Fait Accompli -- Damaged Art -- Cuatro Chicas -- Till Death Us Do Part -- Meteor Showers -- The Son's Wife -- Afraid of the Dark -- Third Eye Blind -- Mercy -- Lost Calls -- A Certain Kind of Freedom -- Treading Water -- Existence -- The Night Clock -- Acknowledgments -- Reading Group Guide -- Coming of Age -- Three Questions for Lori Lansens -- Questions and topics for discussion -- Table of Contents -- About the Author -- Also by Lori Lansens -- Acclaim for Lori Lansens's The Wife's Tale -- Copyright Page