A Woman Betrayed

This novel is typical Delinsky chick-lit. After 25 years of a supposedly happy marriage Laura Frye is in for the shock of her life when her husband Jeff disappears without a trace. Aside from suspicious, insulting questions from the police who are implying maybe Jeff intensionally disappeared, she's got to deal with two angry, and very confused teenagers and a prying, bossy mother.

The plot quickly leads to shocking disclosures, unexpected consequences, and of course it wouldn't be a satisfactory Delinsky novel without a little romance.

The characters are stereo-typical, and the plot predictable. Nevertheless, "A Woman Betrayed" is an entertaining read.

I really wanted to like this book. It starts off great- a woman is left confused and overwhelmed when her stable life is upturned after the disappearance of her husband. But as the book went on, much of the book seemed like filler to me. I was interested enough in the plot to want to know the outcome, but started skimming to get to the end. Much of the book seemed contrived.

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This theme has been done before, of course, and done better.

Laura is living a good life with her children and husband, and everything seems peachy, when her husband Jeff disappears. At first she is worried, but then it becomes apparent that he left on his own. The primary reason also becomes apparent.

Laura struggles with learning more and more about this man she lived with for 20 years. She can't believe he'd do this to his family. Yet he did.

One of the themes of the novel is that Laura's strength was always greater than Jeff's. Jeff was made more sympathetic in comparison, the poor boy was emasculated by his super-strong wife. Please, give me a show more break. She needn't apologize for being who she is.

One of the rules of writing is to "show, not tell". Thus we should observe the effects of the revelations on Laura and not have to be told what they were. But again and again we had her asking, "how well did I really know him?". More subtlety, please.

Okay for a train trip, a vacation book. show less

Com um casamento de vinte anos, dois filhos maravilhosos e uma carreira bem-sucedida, Laura Frye tinha tudo que desejava...até o dia em que seu marido Jeff desaparece misteriosamente. Desesperada, Laura insiste em afirmar que o Jeff que ela conhecia jamais partiria por vontade própria. Mas...e o Jeff que ela não conhecia? De qualquer modo, nenhum seqüestrador ligara exigindo resgate. Ninguém, telefonara para avisar que encontrara Jeff vagando perdido, sem memória. Que encontrara pelo menos um Porsche preto abandonado, com o corpo no porta-malas. Com tão poucas alternativas à mão, Laura começa a pensar cada vez mais que Jeff realmente foi embora. Só não sabe por que ele teria feito isso. À medida que os segredos de seu show more marido vão sendo revelados, Laura se depara com um retrato chocante do homem com o qual se casou... e seu mundo desmorona. show less

Story about how quickly someone's life can spiral out of control. A good reminder to women to pay attention to the lives of others around them, be attentive to their husband and have an awareness of their financial situation.

This was better than the last Delinsky book I read, but definitely nothing great. The dialogue was stilted and only a few of the characters were actually likeable. No more Delinsky for me.

This is a gripping story of a man who left his wife. He had planned for it for a long time, and left a good home and 2 kids. But he was being investigated for fraud and the IRS agent froze all his property, leaving the wife and kids in a bad condition even though she had her own business. The family relationships and their intertangling made it a fascinating book.