A Matter of Wife and Death, the sequel to Desperate Pastors’ Wives, intertwines the lives of four PWs, each with her own chaos to share: Mimi struggles with a month-old baby who refuses to sleep more than a few hours at a time, a police officer who has the nerve to give her a ticket, and an attractive principle; Jennifer has been waiting for ten years to have a baby, and she’s finally come to the end of her rope – is invetro fertilization her only option? Lisa’s fourteen year old daughter and the church her husband pastors choose the same time to rebel against authority, while Felicia balances between work and family; but with both her job and her family’s peace on the line, it looks as if her perfectly ordered life might be falling away from her.
A Matter of Wife and Death is made great by its personal and real representation of modern Christian women and the struggles that they face. Its characters face the trials and tests that many wives and mothers deal with, as well as more unique dilemmas – like the suspicious death of a fellow PW.
Review By:
Jane Muir