Stephen Aston is in the process of divorcing his first wife – after decades of marriage – in order to marry a much younger one. Not an uncommon plot, necessarily, but here, his current wife is living in a nursing home for people with dementia. Stephen’s two adult daughters—with their own deeply-repressed issues—not only can’t figure out why he is rushing to the altar with someone their age, but also don’t understand why their mother … Read More “The Younger Wife by Sally Hepworth” »
Author: Sally Hepworth
Lucy lost her mother at a young age, so when she gets engaged to Ollie, she dreams of having a close, loving relationship with Diana, her mother-in-law to be. But, while Diana is well-respected in the community and established a nonprofit to help new refugees, she is very cold (albeit polite) to Lucy. She isn’t mean, necessarily, more unaware — from emphasizing the borrowed part of the something borrowed item she lends Lucy for the … Read More “The Mother-in-Law by Sally Hepworth” »