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Author:

Goolrick, Robert, 1948-

Title:

A reliable wife : a novel / by Robert Goolrick.

Edition:

1st pbk. ed.

Publisher:

Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill,

Copyright Date:

2010, c2009

Description:

305 p. ; 21 cm.

Subject:

Marriage--Fiction.
Family secrets--Fiction.
Wisconsin--History--19th century--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Domestic fiction.

Notes:

Includes reader's guide, with discussion questions and an interview with the author (p. [295]-305). "Algonquin Paperbacks" -- Spine. "200804970"-- tp verso. Hardback LCCN is :2008049700.

Summary:

Ralph Truitt, a wealthy businessman with a troubled past who lives in a remote nineteenth-century Wisconsin town, has advertised for a reliable wife; and his ad is answered by Catherine Land, a woman who makes every effort to hide her own dark secrets.

ISBN:

1565129776 (pbk.)
9781565129771 (pbk.)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)435422229

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