"There are novels of such intensity that you can't escape them." (The New York Times) A young pregnant woman is woken up at night by a phone call from her husband: Tommy has committed a burglary with his friend - and an old woman has died. He has to go to prison. Patty's old life ends at that moment and a new one begins: she raises her son Casey alone and is loyal to her husband. The whole 28 years ... "'A Good Wife' is the most poetic and thought-provoking novel of recent years." (San Francisco Chronicle).