I read “The Sunday Wife” upon the recommendation of L-Train. I finished it over the weekend and really enjoyed it. It took me a whle to read it, but not because the book was bad. In fact, as the book began to come to a close I freaked out when I literally got to the LAST CHAPTER and had to stop because my lunch hour was over. I debated whether to just take a long lunch so I could finish the LAST CHAPTER, but opted to save it for the weekend. I didn’t know what to expect with this book, and found I was taken in by the minute characterizations and wonderfully honest dialogue.
From the Amazon.com description:
For 20 years, Willodean (Dean) Lynch has been molded into what her ambitious, upwardly mobile minister husband and his congregation consider to be the perfect preacher’s wife. Then she meets Augusta Holderfield, a free spirit who encourages her to break loose. The more her husband and his too-pious congregants try to smother her, the more liberated Dean wants to be. Unfortunately, she learns the hard way that freedom can come at a very high price.
In some ways this book was very anti-church in that the seemingly “devout” (read: pious) people are portrayed in a less than flattering light. However, I’m sure there are many churches out there where the preacher is only in it for the adulation and the lifelong members of the church are only in it for the power. So from that aspect the book is well-written. However, I did begin to wish for just ONE PERSON in the book to be portrayed as an honest God-seeking Christian. Because there are plenty of us out there.
Despite this, I still thought the story was interesting and it certainly hooked me. I definitely recommend this book if you have nothing else you are in the mood to read.