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American Housewife

A Novel

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American Housewife

By: Anita Abriel
Narrated by: Jennifer Jill Araya
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For a beloved television star in 1950s America, image and reality clash in an insightful novel about fame, marriage, and secrets by the international bestselling author of The Light After the War.

New York City, 1950. Dreams come true for radio personality Maggie Lane when she gets her big break in the exciting new world of television. The Maggie Lane Baking Show is on the air.

All she has to do is act like the ideal housewife, create sumptuous desserts, charm the show’s sponsors, and sign a morality clause to ensure that her girl-next-door image remains untarnished. Although newlywed Maggie has never baked so much as a cookie, and knows even less about maintaining a home, keeping up appearances is a necessary ingredient for success. Easy. She has a supportive husband and a legion of fans who can’t wait to know her better and better, week after week.

That’s what she’s afraid of. Off camera, cracks are showing in her marriage, an old lover makes an unexpected return, and there are secrets from the past that could ruin everything Maggie has worked for. With every dream on the line, Maggie wonders if she can still have it all when the truth about what it really means to be an American housewife comes to light.

©2025 by Anita Hughes. (P)2025 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Coming of Age Family Life Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Marriage Dream
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This isn't a story, There is no storyline, no mystery, nothing to discover. Maggie certainly kverthinks things, but only to the point of five minutes of indecision, then she does what you expect her to.
Totally unbelievable too, from the men picking her up literally from the street and insisting she lives at their luxury apartment and falling in love with her, to her not being recognised as such only 3 years later when she's famous in her own right
Absolute twaddle with a very irritating narrator who can't pronounce the word 'Gala'

The absolute nothingness

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