A perfect wife and mother
Alexandra Frye
As a good-bye to the '80s mania for the high-stakes Big Deal, A Perfect Wife and Mother is a classic American nightmare of people who seem to have everything until the thing that matters most is taken away.
Read Time: ~5.9 hr
Irreconcilable differences
by Lia Matera (1999)
About this book
A collection of stories on personal violence. The protagonists are mainly spouses settling scores, but one story, Joyce Carol Oates' Tusk, features a revengeful boy in school, armed with a knife.
Setting / LocationGlobal
Story EraModern Era
Protagonist / CoreIrreconcilable differences Lead Character
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