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"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, bestselling author of The
Good Sister
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, New York Times bestselling author of
Whisper Network Chandler Baker's The Husbands imagines a world where
the burden of the "second shift" is equally shared--and what it may take
to get there.
"Utterly engrossing and thoroughly timely, 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 A Good Marriage
