Review: Sex, Betrayal, Revenge and More
Rating: 4 out of 5
Date: 06 7, 2014
Widow Julie Miles is hardly your stereotypic widow. She's relatively young and a former fashion model. It's little wonder that younger men like Will Brody are attracted to her. Julie has a tough time with that concept, unable to picture herself in the role of a cougar, until an ugly little secret about her late husband comes to light. Julie's "perfect" marriage to the "perfect" man seems to have been a sham, at least on the good Dr. Miles's part -- he was having a wild illicit affair, apparently for many years. The truth upends Julie's world, making it tough for her to give Will a fair shake, and sets her on a path that may lead to an uncomfortable vengeance of sorts.Nan Reinhardt's characters are wonderfully human, emotionally vulnerable yet resilient. Their journey covers a lot of ground, psychologically as well as geographically. There are a lot of contrasts in the story: worlds of privilege and worlds of deprivation, trust and betrayal, love and brutality. That's a lot to cover in such a short read, but Ms. Reinhardt handles it well.