Good Minds Suggest: Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen Pick Complicated Relationships
Posted by Goodreads on January 1, 2018
The result of their collaboration is The Wife Between Us, which has already been optioned for film by Steven Spielberg's Amblin Entertainment. On the surface, Hendricks and Pekkanen's debut appears to be a classic tangled love triangle: A jealous ex-wife is obsessed with her replacement—a beautiful younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. And yet nothing is what it seems in this psychological thriller.
No romantic partnership is free of complication—which is why readers are continuously drawn to narratives that explore their hidden complexities. Here Hendricks and Pekkanen share their picks for the best books about complicated marriages.
"The idea that there are two sides to every story is not a new one, but in Lauren Groff's absorbing Fates and Furies, the dualities in a marriage are explored in a wholly original way—part Greek fable, part literary suspense."
"When the unnamed young protagonist in Rebecca meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome and wealthy widower, she finds herself increasingly haunted by the shadow of her mysterious predecessor and grows determined to uncover the dark secrets that threaten her happiness."
"This novella, which appears in Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars, centers on a wife who must wrestle with competing urges: uncover the horrifying truth about the man she married a quarter-century ago or continue living in blissful ignorance."
"After a head injury causes Alice to forget the past ten years, she is forced to reconstruct the previous decade and figure out how she ended up estranged from the husband she thought she loved."
"Anita Shreve explores the inner and outer faces of a relationship from the point of view of a wife grappling with dual losses: Her husband's sudden death exposed his shattering secret life."
Want more book recommendations from authors? Check out our Good Minds Suggest series.
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I have read What Alice Forgot and The Pilot's Wife. Waiting for your book to arrive at our library.
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I'm reco'ing THE WIFE BETWEEN US to anyone who will listen - it's EXCELLENT! And I have Rebecca on my TBR pile!
I've been meaning to read Rebecca for forever...maybe I should finally get on it!
Thank you for the recommendations!I loved The Wife Between Us
What a great premise!!"On the surface, Hendricks and Pekkanen's debut appears to be a classic tangled love triangle: A jealous ex-wife is obsessed with her replacement—a beautiful younger woman who is about to marry the man they both love. And yet nothing is what it seems in this psychological thriller."
Rachel wrote: "I've been meaning to read Rebecca for forever...maybe I should finally get on it!"Rebecca is SO good.
I just finished Ordinary Grace by William Kent Kreuger. Excellent read.
Prudence wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I've been meaning to read Rebecca for forever...maybe I should finally get on it!"Rebecca is SO good."
It's definitely going to make its way to the top of my tbr!
I read Rebecca when I was in high school for a book report. I enjoyed it, but I think I would appreciate it more now. I have added it to my TBR so I can re-read it.
I was in love with this book as a teen. I read it at least three times. I'm scared to pick it up again in case it doesn't hold up.
Prudence wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I've been meaning to read Rebecca for forever...maybe I should finally get on it!"Rebecca is SO good."
I read Rebecca about 50 years ago, and still remember some parts very vividly! Read and savor it now!
Thanks for this list, I'm on a pulp crime drama at the moment, so I'm looking forward to something more thoughtful. Recently reread Rebecca and loved its dark broodiness; the relationships between the 3 women protagonists are compellingly tense.
Read Rebecca when I was 18....and have watched the movies....but I do believe it is time tore-read it! Setting a goal!
I have read Rebecca several times over the course of my life and found it fabulous every time. Du Maurier is such a great writer.
Prudence wrote: "Rachel wrote: "I've been meaning to read Rebecca for forever...maybe I should finally get on it!"Rebecca is SO good."
I agree - a period piece but very good.
Katie wrote: "I'm reco'ing THE WIFE BETWEEN US to anyone who will listen - it's EXCELLENT! And I have Rebecca on my TBR pile!"me too!
Maybe Anne Tyler's ' The Amateur Marriage should be added to this list.
