The Mad Wife: A Novel Local Interests While mainstream culture wallowed in

While mainstream culture wallowed in sexism and homophobia

and college rugby’s resident bad boy with thighs that could crack a watermelon

a white Xavier University student working for spending money

In twelve luminous stories set across three centuries

and insightful account of queer motherhood and an interrogation of life on the margins of American culture as a self-described “ugly” woman

The Mad Wife: A Novel Local Interests While mainstream culture wallowed inTHE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the lives we buildand the lies we live. They called it hysteria. She called it survival. Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the weight of