Woman Next Door

With The Woman Next Door, Barbara Delinsky has written her most conceptually engaging novel yet. On a charming cul-de-sac in suburban Connecticut, three close-knit couples find their long-cherished harmony undone when a lovely & much younger neighbor, widowed a year ago & presumably still unattached, turns up pregnant. Who is the father? Could it be one of their husbands? One by one, the wives turn inward, taking stock of their marriages & of the loyalties which they have perhaps taken too much for granted. The result, in Delinsky's master prose, is an ingenious portrait of suspicion & deception, faith & love. For years, Barbara Delinsky has been writing the kind of smart, timely stories that touch readers deeply. Publishers Weekly has praised her "spare, controlled, & poignant prose that evokes the simplicity & joys of small-town life." Now on the heels of a string of New York Times best-sellers, Delinsky captures the reader's imagination more compellingly than ever with the kinds of characters readers both like & relate to, & the same charming style her fans have come to expect. The Woman Next Door, recalling as it does the best of Anne Tyler & Sue Miller, marks a giant artistic step forward for Delinsky.Delinsky, Barbara is the author of 'Woman Next Door', published 2001 under ISBN 9780743204699 and ISBN 0743204697.