Evie Glass had made her peace with her relationship with
her ex-husband Richard. She had created a new life in the
three years since their divorce. Of course, she would see
him and his much-younger new wife Nicole at the milestone
events in their children's lives, but that would really be
the extent of it. That all changed when Richard hit a
patch of black ice one night and died in a car accident.
Now, Evie is struggling to stay afloat. Her grief-stricken
children are looking to her for strength, and she has no
idea how she will keep their lives together without
Richard's financial support.
The one positive thing that Evie can see in this whole mess
is that she won't have to see Nicole anymore. Evie can't
understand why Nicole, who was once Richard's mistress and
is now his widow, seems so desperate to keep in contact
with Evie and her kids or why Nicole keeps saying that she
and her son Luca are family. Evie is shocked when Nicole
says that they should help each other, but when she is
running out of options, Evie finally breaks down and asks
Nicole and Luca to move into her house. Their living
arrangement becomes a prime source of gossip in their
neighborhood, and who could blame people for talking? The
ex-wife and the widow friends? Evie finds it laughable and
downright weird even to consider, but it does seem to be
working out well for both of them and for their children.
With the help of her close circle of friends, Evie has to
figure out how to put the pieces of her life back together,
and the mosaic that she creates surprises even her.
THE GLASS WIVES is a character-driven story that examines
the true meaning of family. Sometimes families are made by
birth, sometimes they are made by choice, and sometimes
they are made by circumstances. Nathan brings humor and
warmth to this charming debut novel about a unique blended
family.
Evie and Nicole Glass share a last name. They also shared a
husband.
When a tragic car accident ends the life of Richard Glass,
it also upends the lives of Evie and Nicole, and their
children. There’s no love lost between the widow and the ex.
In fact, Evie sees a silver lining in all this heartache—the
chance to rid herself of Nicole once and for all. But Evie
wasn’t counting on her children’s bond with their baby half-
brother, and she wasn’t counting on Nicole’s desperate need
to hang on to the threads of family, no matter how frayed.
Strapped for cash, Evie cautiously agrees to share living
expenses—and her home—with Nicole and the baby. But when
Evie suspects that Nicole is determined to rearrange more
than her kitchen, Evie must decide who she can trust. More
than that, she must ask: what makes a family?
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