Book - The Mad Wife

From bestselling author Meagan Church comes a mesmerizing exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will make you question the lives we build—and the lies we tell.

They called it hysteria. She called it survival.

Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the perfect 1950s housewife. Despite the tragic memories that haunt her and the burden of exhausting expectations, she strives to keep her husband happy, her home running, and her gelatin salads the talk of the neighborhood. But after the birth of her second child, Lulu’s carefully constructed life begins to crack.

When a new neighbor, Bitsy, moves in, Lulu suspects a darker side beneath the woman’s ever-present smile. As her obsession with Bitsy grows, Lulu finds herself drawn into a web of unsettling truths that threaten to expose the flaws in her own existence. The more she uncovers about Bitsy, the more she questions everything she thought she knew—and soon, others begin to doubt her sanity. But is Lulu truly losing her mind? Or is she on the verge of uncovering a reality too terrifying to accept?

In the vein of The Bell Jar and The Hours, The Mad Wife blends domestic drama with psychological suspense with a poignant and immersive intensity that makes it impossible to put down.