First published 2019
Leonora lives comfortably as the wife of a successful manufacturing magnate. Her husband has built an empire that affords them luxury and social standing. Their world appears solid and predictable until someone from her husband's past arrives unexpectedly. This visitor forces uncomfortable truths into the open. Leonora watches her husband react to this unwelcome presence and begins to see him differently. The foundations of their marriage start to crack as she discovers aspects of his character she never suspected. What she thought she knew about their life together proves incomplete. Bennett places Leonora at the center of a domestic crisis that strips away illusions about wealth, status, and the bonds between husband and wife. The novel examines how well spouses truly know each other and what happens when carefully maintained facades crumble.
Genres: literary-fiction, domestic-fiction, 20th-century, family-drama
Vibes: intimate, suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: domestic-drama, unreliable-narrator
Setting: England
Period: 20th-century
208 pages · Paperback · Independently Published