Date: February 22, 2025
Author: Katherine Faulkner
Title: Greenwich Park
I’ve had this book lying in my to-read pile for a while. I came across Mz. Faulkner because she gave a review for a book I loved. (Can’t remember which one though) So I picked it up to give reading it a whirl because it’s due back soon and ho-ly guaca-mo-le I’m glad I did!
Firstly, I got excited when I saw praise on the front cover from my favorite author, Ruth Ware. I knew then that it was destiny. I had to dive in.
At first, I had no idea what was going on, but I knew I wanted to find out more. There were so many twists and turns that left me dangling over cliffhanger after cliffhanger, and every time I thought I had it figured out Mz. Faulkner threw another wrench my way. This is definitely an if-I-could-read-it-in-one-sitting-and-get-away-with-it-kind-of-book-I-would.
What can I say to give you the gist of what was really going on here? The story is told of three women coming to their late terms of pregnancy. The new girl that showed up to ‘crash the party,’ if you will, appeared on the scene at the Lamaze classes Helen attended whilst feeling salty at her sister-in-law for bailing on doing that very same Lamaze class together. Like they had planned. It seemed as though all the other moms had all paired up and made friends leaving Helen the odd woman out. Overwhelmed with feelings of loneliness, anxiety, self-consciousness, disappointment, etc. she ends up befriending the only other lone woman around and clings to her for support. Not in the most healthy of ways either, but sometimes having a friend is better than the alternative. From here the situation spiraled out of control rapidly, tumbling headlong into an ending that at first I thought was going to be mundane and boring. But boring flew out the window when Mz. Faulkner pulled the rug from under my feet with a knockout of an ending!
Just a sample of Katherine Faulkner’s beautiful prose can be found on page 344, “Pavement puddles hold up a gray mirror to the metal sky.” Think on that for a moment.
For a homey weekend snuggled up around the house I highly recommend this one!