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Novel About My Wife by Emily Perkins is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Tom Stone is madly in love with his wife Ann. Pushing forty and expecting their first child, they buy a semi-derelict house in Hackney. Despite their spiralling money troubles, they believe this is their settled future. But Ann becomes convinced she's being shadowed by a homeless man whose presence seems like a terrible omen. As their child grows, Ann's behaviour becomes increasingly erratic, feverish and disturbed. On the verge of losing everything, Tom makes a decision that he hopes will save their lives. Novel About My Wife is a taut, sensuous and chilling portrait of a marriage beset by paranoia and obsession. A darkly gripping story from a prize-winning author °°°Emily Perkins was born in 1970. She is the author of Not Her Real Name, a collection of short stories which won the Geoffrey Faber Memorial Prize and was shortlisted for the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, and the novels Leave Before You Go &The New Girl. She lives in New Zealand.

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Author
Emily Perkins
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Published
2009
Language
EN
ISBN
9781408814420
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Historical Fiction, Fiction, Family Sagas
Rating
3.29 / 5 (37 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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