{"product_id":"a-reliable-wife-9781565129771","title":"A Reliable Wife","description":"Rural Wisconsin, 1909. In the bitter cold, Ralph Truitt, a successful businessman, stands alone on a train platform waiting for the woman who answered his newspaper advertisement for \"a reliable wife.\" But when Catherine Land steps off the train from Chicago, she's not the \"simple, honest woman\" that Ralph is expecting. She is both complex and devious, haunted by a terrible past and motivated by greed. Her plan is simple: she will win this man's devotion, and then, ever so slowly, she will poison him and leave Wisconsin a wealthy widow. What she has not counted on, though, is that Truitt - a passionate man with his own dark secrets -has plans of his own for his new wife. Isolated on a remote estate and imprisoned by relentless snow, the story of Ralph and Catherine unfolds in unimaginable ways. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith echoes of \u003ci\u003eWuthering Heights\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eRebecca\u003c\/i\u003e, Robert Goolrick's intoxicating debut novel delivers a classic tale of suspenseful seduction, set in a world that seems to have gone temporarily off its axis.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Algonquin Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781565129771\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 1.00d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/17\/2010 pg. 20\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePeople Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2010 pg. 45\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/05\/2010 pg. 73\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Robert Goolrick","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52181385281717,"sku":"9781565129771","price":14.41,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_cca5a914-6feb-4a42-9a12-06cc11bd83c2.jpg?v=1768922952","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/a-reliable-wife-9781565129771","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}