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The Mortitian's Wife (2000)

by Maralee Lowder(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 1

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review 1: I expected this to be your typical haunted house horror story...but once I got into it, I found it was more of an intense memoir of long-buried secrets of violence and murder. There was a slight supernatural element to it...which I really don't think was necessary. I really enjoyed the slow progression of finding out about Ada's past and how she came to be as she is now, and I think it might have been a better book if the focus had stayed on that only without trying to throw in the supernatural.
review 2: Though I’m not sure what to make of the synopsis nor the reviews I still find myself wanting to check this book out. Funeral homes in themselves are quite fascinating, aren’t they?Even though her mother had forbid her to walk on that particular street, Em... moreily secretly visits an old woman who lives alone in a no-longer-used-as-such mortuary. They become fast friends but much to Emily’s chagrin, her parents divorce and Emily moves with her mother to her grandparents’ in Sacramento. As the years progress, Emily’s life progresses to where she moves back to her home town and becomes Ada’s personal caretaker. Emily again befriends the recluse.Ada’s secret and life story unfold as she tells it over time to Emily during multiple visits. Though she had been a victim for many years, I could understand Ada’s responses especially with the understanding that society and life was very different during the time. I found myself in more than one instance predicting correctly what was going to be divulged. It’s easy to imagine there being a possible sequel to this, if there isn’t already.I found the story frustrating for a good part of it in that over 20% was about Emily but later understood this to build up to where she becomes the woman’s caretaker. Thankfully it got better. less

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