A Good Marriage by Kimberly McCreight Book Review

This is a book I received in 2020 via Goodreads via HarperCollins. 

I am late to the party on this one. I kept seeing reviews on this book and I finally snagged it off the shelf and settled in to read. This is my kind of book!

Lizzie and Sam. Lizzie is an attorney, Sam is an alcoholic. Lizzie tries to hide that fact from general knowledge. Everyone knew, they just didn’t say anything. 

Amanda and Zach. This couple met when Amanda was a teenager at the hotel she was working at. Zach jokingly told her to come with him. Boy, was he surprised when she was standing next to his car, packed and ready to go. Their son, Case, is away at camp in California. 

Lizzie and Zach went to law school together way back in the day. 

Maude and Sebastian (they call him Sebe). Sebastian is the good-looking French fellow in this tale. All the women pretty much swooned over him. Maude and Sebe throw a certain kind of party every year when everyone’s kids are at summer camp in one form or another. Their daughter, Sophia, was at camp and having some issues of her own. Maude worried. 

Sarah and Kerry. Sarah went to work for the foundation that Zach and Amanda set up. Kerry is the deadbeat husband in this tale, having lost yet another job much to Sarah’s dismay.

None of these marriages are perfect as you can well imagine. When the unthinkable happens to Amanda, Zach reaches out to Lizzie, his long-lost attraction and law school co-ed, because he needed an attorney. Little did Lizzie know, until it was practically too late, how much Zach knew about her and the secrets she harbored. In the end, Lizzie came out the winner and got a bit of revenge. 

All of these families are connected because of the neighborhood they live in as well as the case brought against Brooklyn Country Day (the school their children attended), because there has to be another underlying story and this one fits. The guilty party will surprise you. 

This is the first book I have read by Ms. McCreight, and I am certain it won’t be my last. If you have not read this book yet, you are in for a treat, especially if you like legal thrillers. It is quite long at 388 pages but well worth the time.