The Family Next Door A Novel

The small, picturesque suburb of Pleasant Court is home to families who seem to live idyllic lives, but beneath the surface, three mothers—Essie, Fran, and Ange—harbor shocking secrets. Essie, who appears to have a loving husband and a beautiful home, hides the shame of a past moment of maternal despair when she walked away from her newborn in a park. Fran compulsively runs several times a day and is reluctant to let her husband near their new baby, while Ange is obsessed with controlling every aspect of her life. The neighborhood's status quo is disrupted by the arrival of Isabelle Heatherington, a mysterious, single woman without children, who immediately becomes the object of their collective curiosity. As Isabelle ingratiates herself into their lives, especially Essie's, it becomes apparent that her choice of address was no accident, and her presence threatens to expose the painful truths, lies, and mistakes of the women in Pleasant Court, leading to a cascade of dramatic revelations.

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