Hildy Good is a townie.
A classic New England tale that lays bare the secrets of one little town, this spirited novel will stay with you long after the story has ended..
The Good House , by Ann Leary, is funny, poignant, and terrifying.
When a cluster of secrets becomes dangerously entwined, the reckless behavior of one person threatens to expose the other, and this darkly comic novel takes a chilling turn.
Soon, however, Hildy is busy trying to protect her own reputation.
When Frank Getchell, an old friend who shares a complicated history with Hildy, tries to warn her away from Rebecca, Hildy attempts to protect her friend from a potential scandal.
But Rebecca is herself the subject of town gossip.
Rebecca is grateful for the friendship and Hildy feels like a person of the world again, as she and Rebecca escape their worries with some harmless gossip and a bottle of wine by the fire--just one of their secrets.
Alone and feeling unjustly persecuted, Hildy finds a friend in Rebecca McAllister, one of the town\'s wealthy newcomers.
Now she\'s in recovery--more or less.
But her nights have become lonely ever since her daughters, convinced their mother was drinking too much, sent her off to rehab.
A successful real-estate broker, mother, and grandmother, her days are full.
And she\'s Good at lots of things, too.
A lifelong resident of a small community on the rocky coast of Boston\'s North Shore, she knows pretty much everything about everyone.
Hildy Good is a townie
