Dear Debbie

Debbie Mullen has spent years dispensing calm advice to other women about marriage and motherhood, and her own life is now coming apart. Freida McFadden builds the novel around what happens when a professional advice columnist finally stops being patient: the job is gone, the daughters have turned, and the husband is keeping something she can no longer overlook. What follows is a revenge story told with a dark comic edge, where the reader is invited to side with a woman who has decided to stop absorbing the damage. The New England suburban setting supplies the polite surface the plot works against. What sets it apart: • A domestic thriller with the tone of a deliberate comeuppance • An advice columnist protagonist who turns her own counsel on herself • Suburban setting where politeness masks considerable pressure • Written by the author of The Housemaid For readers of twisty domestic suspense and sharply drawn female leads, available at Boipoka.