The Good House : A Novel (CD-Audio)

from pegmcdaniel

With a small-town, New England, setting and an author with the ability to write settings like Ms. Leary, I felt as though I was right there with the protagonist, Hildy. Hildy refused to believe she is an alcoholic and, after a stint in rehab, continues to drink wine then slowly progresses to othe...

from nomadreader

The basics: Hildy Good is a real estate agent near Salem, Massachusetts. She went to rehab at the behest of her two grown daughters, but she's not an alcoholic. My thoughts: The Good House is one of those books many were quietly raving about most of 2013, but yet it never seemed to really get muc...

from mhanlon

I was lucky enough to get an advance reader copy of this book. And then, because I'm a fair kind of guy, I waited until everyone *else* had a copy to read it. I enjoyed Ann Leary's style, I loved the setting, of course, and it made me slightly homesick, throughout. It's set in a fictional town on...

from MaryAnn12

I love any book that can keep me feeling like I am actually there, while thrilling/scaring me and keeping me guessing! I found The Good House to be an exceptionally well written and suspenseful novel. The author did an excellent job of developing the story and the characters. I was given this bo...

from bwhitner

This was a book about a woman named Hildy. She was a real estate agent. She loved her drink. Then one day her two daughters set up an intervention with her and sent her to Rehab. This book was heart breaking at times. I had a brother who struggled with alcohol. The way they portrayed Hildy and th...