It wasn’t quite Marie Kondo meets Grey Gardens in The Women’s Room, but it was close. Professor Ludwig Berg hoarded; Grace Berg gave away as much as she could. During their thirty-five years of marriage, Luddy was all about the concrete, while abstract Grace sidelined her career in music because marriage and the family required it. At sixty, Grace divorced him to claim her space in the arts, but, by taking his own life, it seemed that Luddy had written the last movement of their relationship. Or did he? A symphony can have a coda. Following Luddy’s tragic suicide, Grace reunites with her sons in the house where her husband hoarded, reclaiming the literal journal of her adult life to make sense of how she came to be The Hoarder’s Wife so she can complete her abandoned concerto. Without this painful reckoning, she knows the music will never come. Every caregiver must reckon with the question of how much to give, if only Grace can learn to keep time.
The Hoarder’s Wife is a dramatic, moving, and thought-provoking novel that will keep readers entertained, captivated, and engrossed from the very first page. Stories of this nature are currently my go-to read so when I read the description of The Hoarder’s Wife I was sold and knew that I had to read it as well as review it so that all you lovely readers could read about it! It has been a while since I have been this captivated by a woman’s story and this is thanks to the exceptional author Deborah S. Greenhut who managed to delight me effortlessly with her tale that is unique and incredibly captivating!
The Hoarder’s Wife is an emotive tale that will whisk its readers away on a journey like no other. The reader in The Hoarder’s Wife will be introduced to the protagonist of the novel, Grace Berg. In The Hoarder’s Wife, the reader will follow Grace on her journey throughout her life and how becoming a wife changed her. Grace, wife to Professor Ludwig Berg, also known as Luddy has been married for 35 years and it is during this time she has lost herself and her passion for music, as she focuses on her hoarder husband and her two sons Simon and Jake.
Luddy’s hoarding, however, becomes too much for Grace and so she decides to divorce him at sixty and it is then that she starts to reclaim the life she once had and falls in love with music all over again. But when Luddy takes his life, she is thrust back to thoughts of their marriage and how she become lost. While cleaning out the house they shared, she comes across her journal from years prior and it forces her to confront her life with him and the marriage they shared, and how she lost herself and it makes for a deeply emotive and poignant tale that shouldn’t be missed and this book lovers is the short premise of the incredible The Hoarder’s Wife.
The story of The Hoarder’s Wife is excellent and incredibly well-developed thanks to Deborah S. Greenhut, the author of the book. Greenhut manages to develop her world with immaculate detail; every event, character, and setting is well thought out and planned, and I was impressed by Greenhut’s flawless ability to do this. As I read The Hoarder’s Wife, I immediately was drawn into the book and felt captivated by Greenhut’s literature, and this is for many reasons. The main reason is that Greenhut’s literature is detailed in the most immaculate of ways, the text is detailed but not heavy, and it is beautifully written so that the reader will be able to immerse themselves in the story from beginning to end without difficulty.
While reading The Hoarder’s Wife, the reader will be able to feel Deborah S. Greenhut’s pursuit of literary perfection. Greenhut’s riveting tale keeps the pages turning of their own accord, and it makes for such captivating reading! Greenhut seamlessly hooks the reader and immediately immerses the reader in her story through her fast-paced writing style, beautifully detailed descriptions, and flawless character integration.
Overall The Hoarder’s Wife sends you into a tailspin of an emotionally charged journey packed full of emotive moments that leave you wanting more. Once you pick up The Hoarder’s Wife, you won’t be able to put it down…I know I couldn’t! Of course, with such a fantastic piece of literature, I have to award The Hoarder’s Wife five stars! So please do have a read of the preview below book lovers, you do not want to miss out!
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