Thy Neighbor's Wife

by Georgia Beers

Book Overview

"[W]ell-written and contains compelling and believable conflict and angst. This is a fine follow-up to Beers' previous book, Turning The Page." ~Midwest Book ReviewAlex Foster's life is exactly as she... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1932300155
• ISBN13: 9781932300154
• Release Date: August 2003
• Publisher: Flashpoint Publications
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.2" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

An Excellent read that isn't what you expect

This is a romance but I found it more a story of the coming to awareness by both main characters. I was hesitant to read this novel as infidelity is a big turn off for me but both women take the main character's marriage commitment seriously. The married person, Jennifer, is something of a enabler, trying to please those around her which isn't hard to do until the summer when she and her husband buy a new home. She and her husband spend very little time together and have always been best friends but you couldn't call them lovers. They have followed the path that their families and friends expected from them. The marriage is falling apart well before Jennifer meets Alex with neither husband nor wife wanting to confront and address the issues that have created a sterile yet pleasant marriage that is becoming an unhappy place very quickly. We don't get a handle on Alex until later in the novel. She is quite different from Jennifer in that she has actively distanced herself from every relationship in fear that greater hurt awaits her. So she never makes an emotional commitment, even to someone who loves her dearly. Both characters are wonderfully likeable and honorable so you are delighted that they both reach awareness that their actions (or inactions) in the past have caused them to be in a place that is not fulfilling and they take the steps necessary to change for the better. I especially liked the subsidiary characters and found the husband and the close friends very believable. I enjoyed the authors first novel `Turning The Page' very much and look forward to her next novel to be published in July 2006. This from the Publisher's website - Alex Foster's life is exactly as she wants it. She's quit her job as an English teacher and has decided to hole up in her newly acquired lake house for the summer to try her hand at writing a novel. She has close friends; she has her dog; she plays volleyball. She is content. Jennifer Wainwright is a young, wealthy suburbanite who's life is exactly as she expected it would be. She's married to her high school sweetheart who is about to inherit his father's law firm. She has friends. And she has the whole summer to work on decorating the new house on the lake she and her husband have just purchased as their summer home. She is content. A chance meeting over a runaway pooch is the start of a journey for each woman. Over the course of one unbelievable summer set on the beautiful shores of Canandaigua Lake in upstate New York, these two women will teach one another, learn from one another, question their own beliefs and expectations, and unwittingly fall in love.

Great attention to detail......

This story pays great detail to the place where the characters live. It involves you in a way you feel part of the story. Great Love story... I could read it again......

Great!

This is an upbeat story with Atractive characters. Mrs. Beers writing style is easy and relaxed. I felt that this was a real story with real people. I hope she continues to write more novels. I'll buy them all.

What a wonderful book!

I loved this story and the way it was written. I found it smooth, polished and expertly told. I think it deserves to be a classic, as good as 'Curious Wine'. It's certainly as sexy and the two main characters are women we would all love to meet! Here's to Georgia Beers, and hopefully many more novels of equally high calibre!