At
3:24 AM on a cold December morning, Kathryn Lyons' life changed
forever. Awakened by a knock on her door, she soon learns that a
plane, piloted by her husband, has crashed off the coast of
Ireland. Her husband, along with 103 other people, died in the
accident. Kathryn barely has time to absorb the fact that she has
lost her husband when the plane's cockpit voice recorder reveals
that fact that he had apparently planned the accident. For the sake
of her daughter, Mattie, Kathryn launches her own investigation
with the help of a union grievance representative. The more she
probes into her husband's life, the more she realizes that she
really did not know the man she had been married to for 16 years.
Ultimately, Kathryn learns that he had another family in another
country, and a whole life separate from the life he shared with her
and her daughter. Anita Shreve raises interesting questions about
the nature of love, marriage, and human relationships in THE
PILOT'S WIFE. Can we ever fully know the people we love? Can we
trust them to be open and honest? And what are the repercussions
when that trust is betrayed? THE PILOT'S WIFE is a fascinating
chronicle of love, deception, and the consequences of deception.
Anita Shreve's novel will leave you wondering just how much you do
know about the people closest to you.