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Publisher: NAL Trade
Pub. Date: September 2, 2008
ISBN-13: 978-0451224910
352pp
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The Professors Wives Club by
Joanne Rendell, is a terrific debut about four women
set at a fictional university. The story
follows the women as they band together to save a garden the dean wants to
build a parking lot over. Mary is the
wife of the dean who wants to tear down the garden. She is a Pulitzer Prize winning author,
however she carries a secret burden.
Hannah is a former model whose husband may not be what he seems and she
is struggling with guilt over her recent affair with one of her professors at
the college. Sophia gave up a successful
career to become a mother of three young children including newborn twins. Ashleigh is a lesbian who is afraid to reveal
her true self to her parents especially her father who is a conservative
senator. They form strong friendships
and make life changing decisions over the course of the book.
Rendell has a PhD in
literature and it shows as her writing is crisp and engaging. She must be an Edgar Allan Poe fan because
there is a part of The Professors Wives Club where she weaves a mystery about
him that adds a compelling and richer angle to the story. The story tackles tough issues and struggles
that women go through. I felt connected
to the women and their stories and especially liked Sophia’s character. The cover may look like the typical “chick lit”
fare, but inside there is an entertaining story that is truly a good book to
curl up with.
Book Room Grade
B
Review Posted: September 19, 2008
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