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When Sally kills her husband with a cast-iron skillet, she’s more fearful of losing her kids than of disposing of a fresh corpse. That just wouldn’t be fair—not after twenty years of marriage to a truly terrible man. But Sally isn’t the only woman in town reaching the brink. Soon, Sally finds herself leading an extremely unusual self-help group, and among them there are four bodies to hide. Can they all figure out the perfect way to bury their husbands . . . and get away with it?
First to join is former nurse, Ruth, who met her husband as a single mom. Now her son is grown and her husband’s violence builds by the day until an attack on the stairs leads to a fatal accident—for him. A few doors down, Samira’s last straw comes when she discovers her husband is planning a campaign of violence against her eldest daughter, who has just come out. Janey, Sally’s best friend, has just had her first child at forty-two. Sleep-deprived Janey needs a hero to slay the monster in the fairy tales she whispers to her daughter each night . . . and as her husband’s violence escalates, it might just be her.
Together, fueled by righteous anger but tempered by a moral core, the four women must help each other work out a plan to get rid of their husbands for good. Along the way, Sally, Ruth, Samira and Janey rediscover old joys and embark on new passions in work, education, and life. Friendship and laughter really are the best medicine—and so is getting away with murder.
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- ISBN: 9780593654590
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- ISBN: 9780593654590
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October 1, 2023
Having clobbered to death her violently abusive husband, using an iron skillet, Sally learns that she's not alone. Ruth's self-defense during a bleak encounter on the stairs with a fist-swinging spouse led to his accidental death, Samira learns that her husband plans to batter a daughter who's just come out, and Janey, a first-time mother at 42, knows that monsters aren't just in fairy tales. Together, they bury their dead and learn to heal. British American author Casale's first adult novel; once executive editor of a human rights journal, she has specialized in covering male violence against women and girls. Prepub Alert.
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Copyright 2023 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.
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February 1, 2024
After spending twenty years enduring her husband's abuse, Sally snaps and kills him with a skillet during the COVID-19 lockdown. She's got plenty of ideas for how to handle the body, but there are two potential issues--how to explain Jim's disappearance to their adult children, and how to conceal the body from her nosy neighbor Edwina. A few blocks away, Ruth's husband attacks her, then falls when she rushes away to escape his grasp. Sally discovers Ruth trying to burn his body, and they bond over their shared predicament. They are soon joined by Samira and Janey, who also have abusive husbands to bury. The quartet hatches a plan to conceal the men's deaths and dispose of their bodies. Casale's adult debut is a sharp, entertaining, and fast-paced story that's as much about revenge as it is about sisterhood and liberation. While there are plenty of darkly comic moments and surprising plot twists, domestic violence is presented with frank realism that can be difficult to read. This intoxicating blend of revenge thriller and black comedy will appeal to fans of C. J. Skuse and Helene Tursten.COPYRIGHT(2024) Booklist, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
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