THE SOUND OF RUNNING WATER AT MIDNIGHT I used to believe that my marriage to Jonathan Miller was a “stable” one. Not the…
“She Was About to Give Birth” — And What the Untried Soldier Left Behind There are memories that do not age with the…
THE CAT HAIRS ON MY HUSBAND’S PANTS I never thought my marriage would begin to fall apart because of something as small as…
THE LAST DINNER Daniel Foster left the divorce papers on the dining table on an otherwise ordinary Monday morning. No flowers.No tears.No explanation.…
THE UNLOCKED DOOR I came home close to eleven at night, after a three-day business trip to Seattle. The trip hadn’t been planned.…
My name is Emily Carter. I used to believe my marriage to Daniel Carter was a “stable” one—not passionate like in the movies,…
1. The Cat Appears Everything began in the most ordinary way—almost amusing. About a month earlier, on a crisp early autumn morning, I…
FOUR WOMEN AT THE FUNERAL CHAPTER 1: THE PERFECT HUSBAND My name is Elizabeth Miller. My husband, Jonathan Miller, and I had been…
THE DOORBELL NEXT DOOR CHAPTER 1: THE QUIET HOUSEKEEPER My name is Margaret Wilson. That year, I was thirty-eight years old, living with…
CHAPTER 1: THE DAY THE HOUSE STOPPED BEING MINE My name is Emily Carter. If it hadn’t been for that afternoon, I might…