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Zusatztext ‘The unnamed Scandinavian setting has all the familiar elements of contemporary northern lights noir, yet its claustrophobic, interior-driven narrative harks back to Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s disturbing feminist classic The Yellow Wallpaper , or even Ibsen's A Doll's House … The novel is Chapman's debut, and is eerily well-handled... Chapman shows real empathy for loneliness and the cruelty of ageing… A plausible tale of trauma, a ruthless examination of the many layers of marriage, and a woman's opaque role with it.’ Guardian Informationen zum Autor Emma Chapman was born in 1985 and grew up in Manchester. She studied English Literature at Edinburgh University, followed by a Masters in Creative Writing at Royal Holloway, University of London. After university, she travelled in Scandinavia, which inspired the setting for How To Be a Good Wife . Klappentext 'Unnerving, clever' Red 'Eerily well-handled' Guardian Marta has been married to Hector for longer than she can remember. She has always tried hard to be a good wife. But now Hector has come home with a secret. And Marta is beginning to imagine - or revisit - a terrifying truth . . . 'A highly competent, creepy little chiller, but beneath, like a silent, bolted and half-dark room, there's a much bigger, equally disconcerting story about the nature of feminine experience . . . shows insight and emotional power' Hilary Mantel, Man Booker Prize winning author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies 'Disturbing, intense . . . gripping' Psychologies 'Brilliantly convincing . . . darkly fascinating' Financial Times 'Absorbing, multi-layered, chilling . . . you'll want to finish it all in one go' Daily Mail Vorwort A literary psychological thriller about the 'perfect' marriage. Zusammenfassung A literary psychological thriller about the 'perfect' marriage....
