Reviewer: Serena Soape
Date of Release: January 10, 2020
Summary:
From author Melanie Summers, comes a heartfelt and uplifting tale of love, loss, and letting go…
After losing her husband, writer Abigail Carson has all but given up on life. Having spent the last year cocooned in her Manhattan apartment, Abigail is suddenly forced to find a new home where she can stretch her dwindling savings. Intent on isolation, she moves to a tiny village in Nova Scotia where she’ll have no one to interrupt her solitude.
Little does Abigail realize that small-town life offers far less privacy than the big city. With neighbors knocking on the door bearing homemade treats and invitations, Abby soon finds herself immersed in the lives of the people of South Haven. She forms an unlikely friendship with Liam Wright, the handyman renovating her dilapidated cottage, and his daughter, seven-year-old Olive.
As the dark cloud engulfing Abigail lifts, she begins to believe she may have found love again. But just as Abigail is ready to leap, she discovers Liam carries with him a shocking secret that will ultimately cause everything to unravel. Abigail must decide if she will turn away from his pain or open her heart in the most hopeless of circumstances.
Insightful, enchanting, and filled with hope, The After Wife reminds us of the importance of human connection and the inseparable nature of love and survival.
Review:
Melanie Summers has written a truly endearing novel which is exactly as described, “a heartfelt and uplifting tale of love, loss, and letting go…”
“The After Wife” tells a story that will sit and resonate after you are finished.
Abby’s relationship with Liam throughout the story was touching and emotional yet complicated in so many ways. My favorite character was Olive, Liam’s daughter. Olive was so honest and memorable. And well of course Walt the cat – he was a fun character in this novel too.
You will laugh, smile and probably shed a tear or two throughout the novel. I know I did.
At the end, I asked myself, would I have made the same decisions that they did or would I have chosen a different path?
This is my first book by this author but am very glad that I found her!
I received a copy of this book from the publisher in exchange for a fair and honest review.
4 Stars.
The Write Review 
Great review! I wasn’t too read this one.