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The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

I was excited to read this one from the first second that I heard about it, and it did not let me down. Imagine a woman's husband is leaving her for another woman. She only has to sign the divorce papers and it is all done. He and his secret love can do whatever they want. The problem is he just didn't fall in love with any woman, he fell in love with her clone. A clone he created from her genetic makeup. She wasn't quite the perfect woman for him, so he made the perfect woman. All is fine until the close, Martina, calls her on the phone and says "I need help." From this moment the two women form a bond that will never be broken and they will take the reader on a journey of all types of twists and turns.

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I know that March is still a bit away, but I simply could not wait to share this book with you.

Ruth had a grand life in Chicago, America was on the brink of Barack Obama becoming the 44th President, and Xavier, her husband, wants a baby and possibly a career like Barack. A life that is vastly different from where Ruth grew up. Ganton was a town full of depression, racial injustice, and unemployment. Ruth loved her family, but she wanted out.

Ruth went to Yale, landed a great job as an engineer, and a good husband, but she has a secret she has told no one and it is time to make amends. Ruth had a child in her youth. A child she has not seen since the day it was born. She doesn't even know what happened to the child. To move on, Ruth must go back to Ganton and face her past.

I loved this book for the first moment I read the first paragraph. So much so that I have been excited all weekend to tell you all about this debut novel by Nancy Johnson. Like Obama's motto, this book is full of HOPE.