Nobody was that surprised when Lauren Adelman married her high school sweetheart, Rory Kincaid. They were the "It" couple. And nobody was surprised when Rory went on to play professional hockey. People were surprised when Rory left his lucrative hockey career and enlisted in the army, including Lauren. People, including Lauren, were absolutely shocked when Rory is killed in the Middle East, leaving Lauren a widow. After the initial shock wears off, Lauren retreats to her family's beach house where she spends the next four years running from the memories of her husband, both literally and figuratively. It is summer again and Lauren's parents, sister, and nephew show up to spend their summer at the beach, with the hopes of running from their own problems. It has been four years since Rory's death and a documentary filmmaker shows up in town looking to make a documentary about Rory Kincaid and Matt Brio needs Lauren's help to make the film. He needs Lauren to bare her soul to the camera and the world in order to make the documentary and Lauren is far from ready to do so. And when she learns that her sister has been keeping a secret, it forces Lauren to realize the truth about her husband and her marriage. Will she ever be able to put the past to rest?
While The Husband Hour is set at a beach, it is far from a fluffy kind of beach read. The Husband Hour covers hard-hitting (and relevant) topics like CTE and spousal abuse. Lauren is obviously a woman still grieving, or that is how it appears. She has isolated herself at the beach and works as a waitress at a little diner. The thought of somebody digging into her relationship with Rory terrifies her like nothing else could. She loves the solitude that the beach house provides and she has learned to tolerate her parents and sister on summer weekends, but this year they will be there for the entire summer. It becomes obvious that both Lauren's sister and her parents are working out their own "stuff". Lauren I liked, her sister was hard to stomach, for several reasons. I get that sisters need to get over whatever issues they may have, but wow. I think Lauren is a better woman than me. - CLICK HERE FOR SPOILERS
Bottom Line - While The Husband Hour may not be a fluffy beach read, it is a book that you should throw in your beach bag when you hit the water this summer. You will quickly become engrossed in the lives of Lauren and her family.
Details:
- The Husband Hour by Jamie Brenner
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- Pages: 368
- Publisher: Little, Brown, and Company
- Publication Date: 4/24/2018
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