Helpful Score: 3
This was just a story about what a wife does while her husband does time. I didn't find it great or inspiring or anything - maybe blah.
Helpful Score: 1
Empathetic story of a wife who stays loyal to her husband through a long imprisonment. I frequently wondered why this woman made a decision to lead her life as she did, but the book rings true and honest. Well done.
Helpful Score: 1
When her husband is convicted of the murder of an elderly, blind woman during a home invasion, Patty is left on her own to raise their son while Tommy serves out his 25-year sentence. Stewart O'Nan is a master at allowing his readers to see the characters' lives fom both the wide perspective and the narrower day-to-day existence. Patty's loyalty to her husband results in a life restricted by prison rules and regulations. It is a sad story because the consequences of his terribly bad decision on one night result in more than one lost life.
