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Fiction · 2011 · PG-13

Silver Girl

by Elin Hilderbrand

Her husband ran a Ponzi scheme. She didn't know. She's running.

Facing homelessness and a loss of social standing after her husband cheats rich investors out of billions of dollars, Meredith and her best friend, Connie, who has troubles of her own, escape to Nantucket to heal.

For14+GenreFictionLength368 pagesRead time~9.5 hours

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Violence

None

No violence; financial catastrophe and its emotional destruction

Language

Barely any

Mild language

Sexual Content

Barely any

Brief adult romantic development

Substance Use

Barely any

Moderate social drinking in recovery from collapse

Emotional Intensity

A lot

The social isolation of association with a criminal, the question of how much a wife could not have known, rebuilding identity after everything material has been taken

What this book is about

Meredith Martin's husband Freddy has been arrested for running a massive Ponzi scheme. Overnight, Meredith goes from wealthy Manhattan socialite to public pariah — her money gone, her friends disappeared, her face on the news. Her one remaining friend Connie invites Meredith to spend the summer in Nantucket. Hilderbrand writes a warm, specific novel about what it's like to be the innocent spouse of a criminal, and the slow work of rebuilding.

Notes for sensitive readers

Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.

financial crime's impact on an innocent spouse

social shaming and isolation

emotionally intense throughout

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