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Violence
Some
Domestic violence — suspected and revealed; some danger
Language
Some
Contemporary language; some strong words
Sexual Content
Some
Mild sexual content
Substance Use
Barely any
Some social drinking
Emotional Intensity
Very heavy
An unreliable narrator — Thursday's perception of events may not be accurate; the novel is built on this instability; The polygamist marriage — Thursday's situation and what she doesn't know; Suspected domestic abuse — what she sees and investigates; The reveal — what is actually happening; disturbing
What this book is about
Thursday is in a polygamist marriage — she knows her husband has two other wives but has agreed never to seek them out. When she begins to suspect one of them is being abused, she breaks that agreement. The Wives is a psychological thriller that progressively undermines its narrator — what Thursday believes and what is actually happening may not match.
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An unreliable narrator — Thursday's perception may not be accurate; the novel is built on this
The polygamist marriage — Thursday's situation and what she doesn't know
Suspected domestic abuse — what she sees and investigates
The reveal — what is actually happening; disturbing
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