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The Sunday Wife
Cassandra King

The Sunday Wife

Hyperion (Jul 02, 2003)
9780786890446
| Paperback
400 pages | 150 x 229 mm | English
Dewey 813.54

Subject

  • Female Friendship
  • Married Women
  • Rich People
  • Spouses Of Clergy
  • Women In The Methodist Church

Plot

A captivating novel about one woman's journey toward independence and the life-changing friendship that guides her there.Married for 20 years to the Reverend Benjamin Lynch, a handsome, ambitious minister of the prestigious Methodist church, Dean Lynch has never quite adjusted her temperament to the demands of the role of a Sunday wife. When her husband is assigned to a larger and more demanding community in the Florida panhandle, Dean becomes fast friends with Augusta Holderfield, a woman whose good looks and extravagant habits immediately entrance her. As their friendship evolves, Augusta challenges Dean to break free from her traditional role as the preacher's wife. Just as Dean is questioning everything she has always valued, a tragedy occurs, providing the catalyst for change in ways she never could have imagined.