Recipe for a Perfect Wife: A Novel

I loved this book and finished reading it quickly, unable to put it down. Karma Brown is able to weave flawlessly between the two time eras, making every part of this story interesting. I was dying to know what secrets Nellie was holding and how Alice would figure them out. It was part ghost story, part mystery, and all parts wonderful.

Alice and her husband Nate have just left NYC for life in the suburbs. Alice is very unsure about leaving the big city, but they think they're ready to start a family, and she's just left her high-powered PR job, and really she can't think of a reason to say no. So off they go, moving in to Nellie's house. Of course, Alice and Nellie will never meet, since Nellie's been dead for a year, but Alice will come to feel like she knows Nellie, after ...read more

Love how it goes back and forth from the 50s to current times. Very good read and nothing like I would normally pick up but decided to buy it on a whim and not disappointed at all.

I'm giving this one a 7 because it was so engrossing...I figured out what was happening early on, but I had to be sure. Switching back and forth in time between two housewives (living in the same house), 2018 Unlikable Dishonest Wife learns the secrets of 1955 Creepy Wife, inspired to turn the story into a best-selling novel. Trigger warnings: domestic violence; miscarriage; abortion; a couple of sex scenes.

We loved it!