If You Like Lisa Jewell

Lisa Jewell's mainstream fiction, set in England, explores family, romance, identity, and coming into one's own. Her frequently eccentric characters are complex and have real emotional depth. She has a deft touch when it comes to writing from multiple perspectives, and does a wonderful job tying the characters' stories together. She has a sense of humor that often manifests as wit and lively banter in books that are at the same time emotionally intricate and truly moving. Her prose is engaging, and she tells a great story.
 

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1. This might hurt

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Wrobel, Stephanie
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"Welcome to Wisewood. We'll keep your secrets if you keep ours. Natalie Collins hasn't heard from her sister in more than half a year. The last time they spoke, Kit was slogging from mundane workdays to obligatory happy hours to crying in the shower about their dead mother. She told Natalie she was sure there was something more out there. And then she found Wisewood. On a private island off the coast of Maine, Wisewood's guests commit to six-month...

2. The younger wife

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Hepworth, Sally
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"Stephen Aston is getting married again. The only problem is, he's still married to his first wife, even though she is in a care facility for dementia. But he'll take care of that easily, by divorcing her--even if his adult daughters protest. Tully and Rachel Aston look upon Heather as nothing but an interloper. Heather is the same age as Rachel and even younger than Tully. Clearly she's a golddigger and after their father's money. Heather has secrets...