Invisible Woman by Katia Lief Paperback Book 9780802164339

Other people kill their husbands Not heramp10amp10quotA darkly clever thriller about womens thwarted ambitions celebrity the Timeamp8217s Up movement and revengequotPeople Book of the Weekamp10amp10In Invisible Woman a dangerous secret held for too long between estranged best friends rises to the surface and a long marriage comes apart with devastating consequencesamp10amp10Joni Ackermanamp8217s decision to raise children 25 years ago came with a steep cost She was then a pioneering filmmaker one of the few women to break into the allmale Hollywood club of feature film directors But she and her husband Paul had always wanted a family and his ascending career at a premier television network provided a safety net Now theyamp8217ve recently transplanted to Brooklyn so that Paul can launch a major East Coast production studio when a scandal rocks the film industry and forces Joni to revisit a secret from long ago involving her friend Valamp10amp10Joni is adamant that the time has come to tell the story but Val and Paul are reluctant for different reasons As the marriage frays and the friends spar about whether to speak up Joniamp8217s struggles with isolation in a new city and old...