An Inconvenient Wife
(MEGAN CHANCE)
William and
Lucy Carleton are prominent newlyweds in 1880s new York City. Community standing and
consistently acceptable social behavior are of utmost importance to William,
which is why he married a wife of such fine pedigree.
Unfortunately,
Lucy has been ill for the majority of her year-long marriage. She suffers
anxiety in social situations and often creates an embarrassing scene when she
and William must abruptly leave parties.
Several of New York?s prominent physicians
have diagnosed Lucy with hysteria tied directly to her uterus. She?s been
subject to many invasive and ineffective treatments, none of which have cured
the anxiety nor produced the child William wants.
Enter
neurologist Dr. Victor Seth. Word around the New York elite circles is that his
treatments work miracles with infirm women. During Lucy?s first appointment,
Dr. Seth puts her under hypnosis and gives her an arousing examination. William
sees improvements in his wife and encourages her to continue regular visits.
Through
journal entries, we find out that Dr. Seth is using Lucy to further his own
research. Through hypnosis, he encourages her to explore life outside her
socially constrained world. As his spouse becomes more outspoken, William gets
discouraged with Lucy?s behavior as An Inconvenient Wife.
Megan Chance
takes some big risks with this novel and they pay off well. She sends readers
back to a time and place where wealthy women are expected to be simple and
subservient. Hypnosis plays a significant role in the tale as an experiment and
parlor game.
An
Inconvenient Wife is
an exciting story. Chance successfully holds readers? attention with Lucy?s
emotional journey and other surprising developments right to the very end.
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