Domestic Life

After thirty-five years in a loveless marriage, Fran is holding on to one certainty: I. DO. NOT. QUIT. But when an argument with her husband ends in violence, she needs to consider if her years of loyalty were worth the cost. Six weeks housesitting in the Yorkshire Dales should give her time for reflection, where she can make her own decisions and pursue her own passions for once. What she hasn't counted on is an injured hiker without a place to stay, who awakens desires that she'd forgotten were there. He's got his own share of problems, however, and has come to Yorkshire to work on his ...

NOTE: Book Club Discussion Questions added to end of this new edition of this book. Moved by newspaper reports of a family’s tragic plight, a prominent couple donated $50,000 to a Maine Family Crisis Services center. Even Blue Birds Sing recounts the true events behind those media reports, details that were not reported until the publication of this book, events that will cause you to question everything you thought you knew about domestic violence, the protection of children, and justice in America. Lisa is a mother and the wife of a man who wants to kill her. She escapes through the ...