I came very close to putting this one down, but something told me not to. The story is told by Alice's point of view, then Howards, then Alice's. Alice was an interesting character, but a bit annoying. Several times I wanted to reach out and slap her upside the head. She and her husband were the two most unhappiest people who couldn't realize it. She despised living on the farm and everything about it even though she never spoke too much about it and Howard, sensing this despised Alice. I personally think Alice was a bit off her rocker to begin with, but when her neighbors daughter drowns in her pond while under her care she gets a bit crazier. A few weeks after this incident occurs she is arrested on charges of sexual abuse. Alice is held in jail and Howard is left to care for their two daughters, the house, and the farm until Alice's trial. Howard is incapable of doing all this on his own so he turns to his wife's best friend (who is also the mother of the little girl who drowned in the pond) for help.
I can't say too much more without giving it all away. But it is one I would recommend.
I can't say too much more without giving it all away. But it is one I would recommend.
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