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The Good House

The Good House

by Ann Leary (Author)

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    Paperback 2014

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Synopsis

Hildy Good has reached that dangerous time in a woman's life - middle-aged and divorced, she is an oddity in her small but privileged town. But Hildy isn't one for self-pity and instead meets the world with a wry smile, a dark wit and a glass or two of Pinot Noir. When her two earnest grown-up children stage an 'intervention' and pack Hildy off to an addiction centre, she thinks all this fuss is ridiculous. After all, why shouldn't she enjoy a drink now and then?

But we start to see another side to Hildy Good, and to her life's greatest passion. Soon, a cluster of secrets become dangerously entwined, with devastating consequences...

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 304
 Edition: Main
 Publisher: Corvus
Published: 03 Jul 2014
ISBN 10: 1782393226
ISBN 13: 9781782393221
Book Overview: Hildy Good is hiding a secret from her town, her family - and even herself. A funny, poignant and revealing novel that's become a word of mouth smash-hit in the US.

Media Reviews
Ann Leary's The Good House creates a one-of-a-kind character in Hildy Good...By the end you'll be flipping pages, trying desperately to piece together what happened as much as the narrator is doing herself. -- Jodi Picoult
Leary writes with humour and insight, revealing both the pure pleasure of drinking and the lies and justifications of alcoholism... The result is a layered and complex portrait of a woman struggling with addiction, in a town where no secret stays secret for long. -- J. Courtney Sullivan * New York Times Book Review *
So alive, I swear the pages of this wickedly funny and moving novel are breathing. -- Caroline Leavitt
Fresh, sharp and masterfully told, Hildy's tale is as intoxicating as it is sobering. * People Magazine *
One of the best works of Massachusetts fiction in recent memory. * Boston Magazine *
Author Bio
Ann Leary is the author of the memoir An Innocent, a Broad and the novel Outtakes From a Marriage. She has written fiction and non-fiction for various magazines and literary publications. She and her family share their small farm in Connecticut with four dogs, three horses and an angry cat named Sneakers.