Grim novel, with several main characters and simultaneous plot lines converging. While well-written, I thought the ending a bit pat. Brundage's skill as an author is her ability to hold the reader's attention, even though the characters are not likable, some heinous, and their actions desperate a...
Interesting timing. I finished Elizabeth Brundage’s novel The Doctor’s Wife just a couple days before Dr. Henry Morgentaler passed away at the ripe old age of 90. What do a novel and a doctor who changed the laws regarding abortion in Canada have to do with each other? Well, it’s the polarizing...