And as springtime comes to a close, each woman faces the most difficult challenge of all: reconciling her innermost desires with the path that she has chosen. As the women plan a charity gala, their not-so-perfect lives are slowly exposed. Gayle's friend, Janie Kirk, who is both envied and loathed for her exceptional beauty and expert homemaking, is losing the battle to remain satisfied in a passionless marriage, and falls into a surprising affair. In a mansion across town, Gayle Beck enjoys the social status that her family's old money guarantees, but inside her fairy tale, life grows darker with each passing day. Her neighbor, part-time divorce attorney Marie Passeti, struggles with a difficult case and her unexpected feelings for the young intern working at her side. Now a devoted mother and wife, her quest for a resolution to her secret past will place at risk the life she has created. Each woman has her own story but Walker brings these four interesting threads together at the end to provide a satisfying and thought-provoking ending. The four wives in Walker's novel are Love, Marie, Gayle and Janie. Former child prodigy Love Welsh can't seem to banish the demons that ended her career. These Stepford wives manage to escape their artificial world an make something of themselves. For four wives who live there, all is not as it seems. Take a peek beyond the perfectly-manicured lawns of Hunting Ridge.
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