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The Delusion of Work Loving You Back in “The Work Wife” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsJuly 21, 2022 by Erika Dirk

[ad_1] Alison B. Hart’s incisive debut novel, The Work Wife, captures one day in the lives of esteemed Hollywood director Ted Stabler’s three wives—his ex-wife, his current wife, and his work wife. Each of these women struggles, with varying levels of success, to balance her relationships and creative goals with work and its attendant power … Read more

The Question of Conditioning in “The Echo Wife” – Chicago Review of Books

Book ReviewsFebruary 17, 2021 by Ian MacAllen

[ad_1] Centuries of religious and philosophical debate have centered on the question of whether we have free will or not, with modern neuroscience and psychology framed around the conflict between nurturing influences and natural biological predisposition. The debate sits at the center of Sarah Gailey’s The Echo Wife, a fast-paced, page-turning science fiction thriller delving … Read more