Good Wife

I have liked Jennifer Weiner as an author since reading Good in Bed and In Her Shoes a few years ago. Her newest book, Fly Away Home tells an all too familiar story in not such a familiar way. The novel is about a politician who is caught cheating on his wife and giving a job to the much younger woman he cheated with. The story is told from the perspective of his wife and also of his two daughters. One of whom is currently having an affair and the other who is recently out of rehab for a drug problem.

I enjoyed the book though at first it was a bit slow paced and I was tempted to put it down. I loved that the novel was told from the three women's perspectives and the reader never got to hear from the husband. Though I'm not thrilled how the story ended, I as always enjoyed Weiner's writing. The subject matter is so current too and it was interesting to see it play out in a fictional setting.