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Book Review of The Doctor's Wife

The Doctor's Wife
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So begins The Doctor's Wife, a stunning debut novel about 4 people & the cataclysmic intersection of their lives. From the outside, the Knowles family has it all. Michael is a rising OB/GYN at a prominent private practice in Albany, NY; he also moonlights at a local womens health clinic, and they live in a rambling Federal farmhouse w/their 2 kids. But Annie has become tired of her husband's absences & her role as a wife/mother/teacher has worn thin. She begins a love affair with bad-boy celebrity painter Simon Haas, who is married to his muse & model. Lydia, upon whom he built his career. Simon reawakens Annie's passion - but events soon take a dark turn for the Knowles family.