The Vicar's Wife

Review The struggles the characters face are authentic and relatable. The conflict of balancing motherhood and a career, societal expectations to behave in certain ways, and the effort required of marriage will surely resonate with modern readers. How each woman paves her own way and their ultimate resolutions will comfort and perhaps offer hope that readers can similarly define themselves. (ForeWord Reviews 2013-12-01)"Swartz writes a captivating account of two women from different eras who face similar challenges and learn important life lessons as they struggle to let go of the past." (Nancy Kanafani CBA Retailers and Resources 2013-11-01) Jane is a New Yorker to the core, city-based and career-driven. But when her teenage daughter Natalie falls in with the wrong crowd at her Manhattan school, Jane's British husband Andrew decides to relocate from new York to a small village on Britain's Cumbrian coast, buying a vast and crumbling former vicarage.Jane hates everything about her new life: the silence, the solitude, the utter isolation. Natalie is no better, and their son Ben struggles in his new school. Even worse, Jane's difficulties create new tensions between her and Andrew. When Jane finds a scrap of an old shopping list, she becomes fascinated with Alice James, who lived in the vicarage decades before. The Vicar's Wife takes readers on an emotional journey as two very different women learn the desires of their hearts - and confront their deepest fears. Book Description A powerful drama of domestic life set between New York and rural Cumbria, and between the 1930s and the present day. From the Back Cover Jane is a New Yorker to the core, city-based and career-driven. But when her teenage daughter Natalie falls in with the wrong crowd at her Manhattan school, Jane's British husband Andrew decides to relocate from new York to a small village on Britain's Cumbrian coast, buying a vast and crumbling former vicarage.Jane hates everything about her new life: the silence, the solitude, the utter isolation. Natalie is no better, and their son Ben struggles in his new school. Even worse, Jane's difficulties create new tensions between her and Andrew. When Jane finds a scrap of an old shopping list, she becomes fascinated with Alice James, who lived in the vicarage decades before. The Vicar's Wife takes readers on an emotional journey as two very different women learn the desires of their hearts - and confront their deepest fears. About the Author Katherine Swartz is the bestselling author of many novels of both historical and contemporary fiction. She also writes under a pseudonym of Kate Hewitt. For Lion Fiction, she is the author of The Widow's Secret, The Second Bride, The Lost Garden, and The Vicar's Wife. Her novels have been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers. Katharine was born in Pennsylvania, went to college in Vermont, and has spent summers in the Canadian wilderness. After several years as a diehard New Yorker, she now lives in the lovely Cotswolds in England with her husband, five young children, and an overly affectionate Golden Retriever.https://www.kate-hewitt.com/Twitter: @KateHewitt1 Kate Hewitt is the bestselling author of many novels of both historical and contemporary fiction. She particularly enjoys writing contemporary issue-driven women's fiction, and her novels have been called 'unputdownable' and 'the most emotional book I have ever read' by readers. She is the author of The Girls From Berlin, Into The Darkest Day, and Not My Daughter.Kate Hewitt also writes under the name Katharine Swartz. The Lion Fiction author of The Widow's Secret, The Second Bride, The Lost Garden, and The Vicar's Wife. https://www.kate-hewitt.com/Twitter: @KateHewitt1