The Forgotten Wife by Emma Robinson #bookreview #womensfiction #drama #family #friendship
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Title: The Forgotten Wife
Author: Emma Robinson
Publisher: Bookouture
Publication Date: January 27, 2020
Page Count: 280
My rating: 5 stars
About the book:
When you see them, they are so happy, so in love. He’s holding the door open for her, she’s clearly expecting a baby. You think: she has everything I don’t. Everything I ever dreamed of…
There’s room in her house where Shelley has shut away a heartbreakingly-soft, never-used baby blanket. In a box, under a bed, behind a door that she never opens. If it’s there, she can forget about it. Just like she has her memories. Of a marriage that hadn’t been perfect. Of a life that didn’t go the way she had hoped.
Every day she acts like everything is normal. Going to work and following a routine helps her pretend the bad stuff never happened. Until one day, everything changes.
She sees the couple moving in next door, laughing sweetly as they walk up the path to their new home. The woman is pregnant. It’s like she has everything that Shelley has lost. But when Shelley properly meets Lara, she soon discovers Lara is actually carrying a heartache to match her own.
As her friendship with Lara deepens, Shelley starts to wonder what might happen if she opens the box she’s hidden away, with the tiny, beautiful blanket in it. Will the secrets from her past – about what she lost, what she’s hiding from, and what she has been doing her best to forget – destroy her? Or will opening it up finally give her a chance to live again?
A heartbreaking emotional drama about the power of friendship that will make readers laugh and cry, perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes, Dani Atkins and Daniela Sacerdoti.
The Forgotten Wife by Emma Robinson is a women’s fiction novel that deals with friendship, healing and letting go of secrets. The story in The Forgotten Wife is one that is told by changing the point of view between the characters.
After ten years of marriage Shelley now finds herself on her own and barely making it through the motions of life without her husband. Packing away all of the bad memories in the spare room behind a closed door hasn’t taken away the day to day hurt at all.
One day everything changes from the routine existence Shelley has been living when she runs into her new neighbors, a young married couple expecting a baby. Shelley at first keeps her distance from Lara but the pair do find themselves spending more and more time together and letting down their walls as the friendship grows.
The Forgotten Wife is not the first book I’ve read by author Emma Robinson and probably won’t be my last either. One thing I can tell you about her stories is you may want to have some tissues handy as it will likely be an emotional roller coaster of a read with The Forgotten Wife falling right into that category. Enjoyed getting to know these characters and their situations with all of their struggles.
I received an advance copy from the publisher via NetGalley.
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About the author:
Emma Robinson is a USA Today Bestseller with a passion for stories which explore the power of family and friendship in the most challenging circumstances. Whilst her early novels are humorous; her recent work focuses on emotional themes and these novels are both heart-breaking and life affirming. Emma currently lives in Essex, England with a husband, two children and a small black dog.
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