Thirty-nine-year-old
Jane Osborne appears to have everything and is living the best life. Her
daughter Avery attends private school, Jane chairs the PTA and sits on many
fundraising committees and all her friends envies her marriage to Dan, the
handsome, prominent surgeon, but… it’s all a ruse. After eighteen years of
marriage, Dan’s revealed that he’s been living a double life and is in love
with a man. But for the sake of his career, Jane must keep his secret and live
a lie.
Jane
agrees to maintain appearances. But soon the weight of Dan’s deception and the
pain of his betrayal get the better of her. Something’s got to give.
See Jane snap. Quite publicly. And a bit unlawfully.
With brutal honesty, Jane must confront her choices head-on and determine—for
herself—if the facade of stability she’s been protecting is worth the price of
her own sanity and happiness.
I wasn’t
sure what to think of this book – I truly felt sorry for Jane having to live
the lie and maintain appearances however I also wanted her to have a back bone
and just tell Dan that she was leaving
to live her own life, but I get that he was holding a lot of things against
her, and was showing signs of coercive behaviour towards her.
I like the
female characters in books to be feisty and stand up for themselves, and
although Jane did show rare moments of that, there were other times when I felt
she was a sad sap and very naive. I also absolutely hated Dan and at times
Avery and thought that she needed a severe talking to at times.
There were
laugh out loud moments as well, which was nice, but sorry, for me most of the
story wasn’t believable and I just didn’t
enjoy it.
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