A young mother moves to a postcard-perfect Connecticut town where she unravels crime while her children are in nursery school.
As Kate is drawn deeper into the murdered woman\'s past, she begins to uncover the secrets and lies behind Upchurch\'s picket-fence facade -- and considers the choices and compromises all modern women make as they navigate between marriage and independence, small towns and big cities, being a mother and having a life of one\'s own..
Even though the local police chief warns her that crime-fighting\'s a job best left to the professionals, Kate launches an unofficial investigation -- from 8:45 to 11:30 on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, when her kids are in nursery school.
When a fellow mother is murdered, Kate finds that the unsolved mystery is the most exciting thing to happen in Upchurch, Connecticut, since her neighbors broke ground for a guesthouse and cracked their septic tank.
Her days are spent carpooling and enduring endless games of Candy Land, and at night, most of her orgasms are of the do-it-yourself variety.
The supermommies on the playground routinely snub her.
Her once-loving husband is hardly ever home.
For Kate Klein, a semi-accidental mother of three, suburbia has been full of unpleasant surprises.
New York Times bestselling author Jennifer Weiner\'s unforgettable story of adjusting to suburbia--and all the surprises hidden behind its doors.
Investigating a death, she discovers disturbing truths.
A young mother moves to a postcard-perfect Connecticut town where she unravels crime while her children are in nursery school
