{"id":102562,"date":"2025-02-22T02:28:22","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:28:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/entertainment\/books\/review-of-the-other-wife-by-jackie-thomas-kennedy-wordy-witterings\/"},"modified":"2025-02-22T02:28:22","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T02:28:22","slug":"review-of-the-other-wife-by-jackie-thomas-kennedy-wordy-witterings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102562","title":{"rendered":"Review of \u2018The Other Wife\u2019 by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy \u2013 Wordy Witterings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>There\u2019s something about big life changes that makes you stop and take stock\u2014of where you are, how you got there, and who\u2019s standing beside you.<\/p>\n<p>Susan \u2018Zuzu\u2019 Braeburn is on the cusp of forty. On the surface, she has everything she once dreamed of: a beautiful home, a child, and a successful partner. But something between her and Agnes has been off for a long time, and she can\u2019t help but wonder\u2014what if?<\/p>\n<p>What if she had chosen to live with her father instead of her mother after their divorce? What if she had pursued art instead of law? And, most pressingly, what if she had followed her feelings for her best friend from university, Cash, rather than marrying Agnes?<\/p>\n<p>When an unexpected loss brings Zuzu back to her hometown for a single wintry weekend, those questions become impossible to ignore. She is forced to confront the choices she has made and the uncomfortable truth that time is not infinite.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018The Other Wife\u2019\u00a0is a novel about choices and their consequences. Throughout, there are several \u2018Sliding Doors\u2019 moments\u2014pivotal crossroads where Zuzu could have taken a different path. And yet, each time, she chooses to \u2018get on the bus\u2019 that leads her to Agnes. The novel\u2019s denouement is particularly poignant; Zuzu mourns the versions of herself she never became, yet even that grief isn\u2019t enough to spur her into action. Perhaps, deep down, she knows this is the life she was always meant to have. But knowing that doesn\u2019t mean she finds it fulfilling.<\/p>\n<p>Thomas-Kennedy\u2019s narrative style is light and conversational, making this an easy and engaging read. The prose has a simple elegance to it, much like softly blended pastels\u2014charming, effortless, never overwhelming. At just over 200 pages, it\u2019s a refreshingly slim novel, and I admire the author\u2019s restraint in an era of increasingly sprawling fiction.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"2168\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/clairehennighan.wordpress.com\/img_0140-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/clairehennighan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0140-1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"298,450\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"img_0140-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/clairehennighan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0140-1.jpg?w=199\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/clairehennighan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0140-1.jpg?w=298\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/clairehennighan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0140-1.jpg?w=298\" class=\"wp-image-2168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/clairehennighan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0140-1.jpg 298w, https:\/\/clairehennighan.wordpress.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/img_0140-1.jpg?w=99 99w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u2018The Other Wife\u2019 by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy will be published on 17th July 2025.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you to the Jackie Thomas-Kennedy, Penguin General UK and NetGalley UK for this ARC in return for my honest review. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There\u2019s something about big life changes that makes you stop and take stock\u2014of where you are, how you got there, and who\u2019s standing beside you. Susan \u2018Zuzu\u2019 Braeburn is on the cusp of forty. On the surface, she has everything she once dreamed of: a beautiful home, a child, and a successful partner. But something [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102564,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[15810,3749,47460,469,3798,3797],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-102562","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-books","tag-jackie","tag-review","tag-thomaskennedy","tag-wife","tag-witterings","tag-wordy"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Review of \u2018The Other Wife\u2019 by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy \u2013 Wordy Witterings - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=102562\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Review of \u2018The Other Wife\u2019 by Jackie Thomas-Kennedy \u2013 Wordy Witterings - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"There\u2019s something about big life changes that makes you stop and take stock\u2014of where you are, how you got there, and who\u2019s standing beside you. 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