A GOOD MORNING AMERICA BOOK CLUB PICK
"Chandler Baker, queen of the feminist thriller, has delivered once
again! The Husbands is a poignant exploration of what it would take
for women to have it all. --Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling
author of The Good Sister
Chandler Baker, the New York Times bestselling author of Whisper
Network, is back with The Husbands, a novel that asks: to what
lengths will a woman go for a little more help from her husband?
Nora Spangler is a successful attorney but when it comes to domestic
life, she packs the lunches, schedules the doctor appointments, knows
where the extra paper towel rolls are, and designs and orders the
holiday cards. Her husband works hard, too... but why does it seem like
she is always working so much harder?
When the Spanglers go house hunting in Dynasty Ranch, an exclusive
suburban neighborhood, Nora meets a group of high-powered women--a tech
CEO, a neurosurgeon, an award-winning therapist, a bestselling
author--with enviably supportive husbands. When she agrees to help with
a resident's wrongful death case, she is pulled into the lives of the
women there. She finds the air is different in Dynasty Ranch. The women
aren't hanging on by a thread.
But as the case unravels, Nora uncovers a plot that may explain the
secret to having-it-all. One that's worth killing for. Calling to mind a
Stepford Wives gender-swap, The Husbands imagines a world where the
burden of the "second shift" is equally shared--and what it may take to
get there.
**A Macmillan Audio production from Flatiron Books
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The Husbands is both a gripping, well-crafted mystery and an
insightful critique of motherhood and marriage in the modern
age--working mothers everywhere will feel seen in the best possible
way." --Kimberly McCreight, New York Times bestselling author of
Reconstructing Amelia and A Good Marriage
