The Silent Treatment, (Paperback)

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In Abbie Greaves's debut novel The Silent Treatment, Frank and Maggie, who have been married for over forty years, have not spoken in six months. Or rather, Frank has not spoken to Maggie for six months. When Maggie decides that she cannot take another moment of it, she overdoses on pills and end...

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Some people like to talk. Others are naturally more reticent. Some people share everything. Others hold things much closer to their vest. We may think it's easy to determine the truth of things when people talk a lot, when they share what appears to be their every thought. They chatter away, the ...

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It was short. It was poignant but didn't quite do it for me.

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Review of Advance Reader's Edition Maggie and Frank, married for some forty years, have, by choice, not spoken to each other for the past six months. Not one word. Today, Maggie lies in the hospital, unconscious, quite possibly never to recover from her suicide attempt. And now, finally, Frank wi...