The Mad Wife vs The Sweetness of Forgetting: Which Should You Read?

Cover of The Mad Wife The Mad Wife Meagan Church ★★★★☆ 3.9 321 pages · ≈ 5 h 57 m · Moderate

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERFrom bestselling author Meagan Church comes a haunting exploration of identity, motherhood, and the suffocating grip of societal expectations that will leave you questioning the…

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Cover of The Sweetness of Forgetting The Sweetness of Forgetting Kristin Harmel ★★★★☆ 4.5 379 pages · ≈ 7 h 01 m · Moderate

The “beautifully complex” (Woman’s Day) classic that made Kristin Harmel a superstar follows a woman who must travel from Cape Cod to Paris to uncover a family secret for her dying grandmother that could change…

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Scores by source

The Mad WifeThe Sweetness of Forgetting
Goodreads 3.9 (173928) —
Hardcover 3.7 (65) 4.3 (11)
Google Books — 4.0 (1)
Apple Books 4.0 (489) 4.5 (856)

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The Mad WifeThe Sweetness of Forgetting
Ratings 173928 856
Pages 321 379

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