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The Woman Next Door
The Woman Next Door
Author: Barbara Delinsky
In The Woman Next Door, New York Times bestselling novelist Barbara Delinsky delivers her most engaging novel to date, a story of trust, jealousy, and the struggle to keep love alive. On a charming cul-de-sac in suburban Connecticut, three close-knit couples find their long-cherished harmony undone when a lovely, younger neighbor, widow...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780743204699
ISBN-10: 0743204697
Publication Date: 7/31/2001
Pages: 364
Rating:
  • Currently 3.9/5 Stars.
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3.9 stars, based on 44 ratings
Publisher: Simon Schuster
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette
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 reviewed The Woman Next Door on + 19 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
This is a wonderful mystery novel that will keep you guessing until the very end.
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Helpful Score: 3
Hard to put down. A whodonnit without any murder victim. Who donnit to the pretty widow next door and why won't she reveal the father of her baby?
dolver avatar reviewed The Woman Next Door on + 240 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Just an FYI -- the very beginning of this book deals with Infertility ... so if that is a difficult subject for you, I suggest skipping the book. I couldn't continue reading it, just hit too close to home.
janicehouck avatar reviewed The Woman Next Door on + 9 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
I generally like books by Barbara Delinsky, but I just couldn't get into this one. I found the whole situation very petty and sad--the women and men were all gossiping about the young widow on their street and who could have fathered the baby she is carrying. The dysfunctional families portrayed were sad and depressing, as were the women trying to figure out which of their husbands had fathered the widow's baby. A real downer, full of deceit, jealousy, and hatred.
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Helpful Score: 1
Great book... Easy read...consistant story throughout the book, Wasn't any slow "when is something going to happen" parts. This is my first Barbara Delinsky. I enjoyed it.
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A good read reminding the reader that all is not it seems in a marriage or in a troubled teen's life.
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Usually don't read Barbara Delinsky, but I was surprised at how much I enjoyed it.
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Great read! Kept me guessing what was actually going on within the neighborhood.. very realistic characters... real page turner.
UNCgal avatar reviewed The Woman Next Door on + 4 more book reviews
Wonderful story involving family dynamics and relationship. Suspense in the not knowing how it will all end. Very easy read and engaging.
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great book! couldnt wait to find out who fathered her baby. i thought it was the other guy!!
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Her many twists and turns in daily life are delightful to read.
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This is NOT a book to read if you are having marital problems or if you worry that your husband is cheating. I loved it as it did not relate to my life in any way so I was able to see it as fiction.
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Along with their husbands, Amandas, Karen and Georgia are a close knit circle of friends enjoying seemingly ideal lives in an upscale neighborhood. But when they learn that their lovely neighbor, widowed for a year and presumably still, unattached is pregnant, the dstrsains and imperfections of their lives come into full focus. As they ponder who the father might be. Each woman harbors suspicions about her own husband.
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In Barbara Delinsky's The Woman Next Door, three women who live next door to a lovely, pregnant and reclusive widow have their lives turned upside down by their husbands' interest in her. These three wives are friends, but each can't help but wonder if her husband is the father of the baby. As a result, each woman reevaluates her life and finds out what's truly important to herself.

Amanda and Graham O'Leary have an ostensibly happy life, but infertility treatments have put a strain on their marriage. Russ Lange is a house husband while his wife travels the country to promote her juice company. Karen Cottar has dealt with her husband's infedelity before. When a crisis happens at the high school, it adds to each household's tension. I liked this story very much; the type of book women like to read. I give it an A!
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Three married couples in suburban Connecticut are challenged and forever changed by the presence of the woman next door... Along with their husbands, Amanda, Karen and Georgia are a close-knot circle of friends enjoying seemingly ideal lives in an upscale neighborhood. But when they learn that their lovely younger neighbor, widowed for a year and presumably still unattached, is pregnant, the strains and imperfections of their lives come into full focus. As they ponder who the father might be, each of the women harbors suspicious about her own husband-and each is forced to a crisis point that will strenghten or shatter her marriage. Good read by Barbara Delinsky.
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Delinsky peers into the dark corners of ideal marriages ... and makes you realize that "the woman next door" could be you.
- Roanoke Times (VA)


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