A Reliable Wife

Robert Goolrick

Paperback

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Other Editions of This Title:
Paperback (1/5/2010)
Hardcover (3/31/2009)
Hardcover, Large Print (8/1/2009)
Paperback (5/1/2010)

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“This debut novel, set in the early 1900s, is a beautifully written psychological mystery, almost gothic at times. Advertising for 'a reliable wife,' Ralph Truitt, wealthy businessman, gets more than he realizes when Catherine Land steps off the train. Secrets on top of secrets, all revealed in Goolrick's lyrical prose in this a beautiful examination of love and regret.”
— Leslie Reiner, Inkwood Books, Tampa, FL
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Description

Set 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.

Large Print Press, 9781594133831, 409pp.

Publication Date: January 1, 2010