A Reliable Wife

By Robert Goolrick
(Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, Hardcover, 9781565125964, 291pp.)

Publication Date: March 2009

Other Editions of This Title: Paperback (January 2010), Large Print (January 2010), Large Print (August 2009)

Categories: Historical - General

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Selected by Indie Booksellers for the April 2009 Indie Next List
“Set in a land where long winters drive residents to unthinkable acts, this is the story of a wealthy Wisconsin foundry owner gets more than he bargains for when he orders a mail-order bride. Determined to quickly change from new bride to wealthy widow, his wife is as surprised as the reader to discover the sexual intensity of this quiet man. Many secrets. Many lies. Very sensual.”
-- Beth Golay, Watermark Books, Wichita, KS


Description
In rural Wisconsin in 1909, Ralph Truitt stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for "a reliable wife." But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the "simple, honest woman" that Ralph is expecting.