The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth

I am beyond thrilled to have received an early copy of this one!! Hepworth's latest release, THE GOOD SISTER, which came out in April, has been one of my favorite reads this year. 

This is in large part because of how brilliantly Hepworth crafts the character of Fern. Through this character, she allows the reader to experience how a particular person on the autistic spectrum might see the world, and it just feels so empathetic and authentic.

According to Hepworth, much of the humor that arises from being in the mind of Fern is because her lens allows neurotypical people to realize just how silly some of the things that they do are. (I got this from an interview she did with Carol Fitzgerald on @thebookreport network).

Hepworth’s other bestsellers include The Secrets of Midwives (2015), The Things We Keep (2016), The Mother's Promise (2017), The Family Next Door (2018) and The Mother In Law (April 2019).

This upcoming one will hit the shelves next Spring. A huge thank you to St. Martin's Press for the Advanced Copy -- I can't wait to dive in!!

Book summary:
Stephen Aston is getting married again. The only problem is, he's still married to his first wife, even though she is in a care facility for dementia. But he'll take care of that easily, by divorcing her--even if his adult daughters protest.

Tully and Rachel Aston look upon Heather as nothing but an interloper. Heather is the same age as Rachel and even younger than Tully. Clearly she's a golddigger and after their father's money. Heather has secrets that she's keeping close, and reasons of her own for wanting to marry Stephen.

With their mother unable to speak for herself, Tully and Rachel are determined to get to the truth about their family's secrets, the new wife closing in, and who their father really is. But will getting to the truth unleash the most dangerous impulses...in all of them?