The Good Wife

By Stewart O'Nan

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Good Wife is a 2005 novel by Stewart O'Nan. When her husband Tommy is arrested for a burglary that ended in murder, pregnant Patty Koracek begins a long wait for him. The novel follows her through motherhood, money worries, prison visits and hope over the decades of his sentence.

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