"I mean, all of us are someone else in the eyes of others. And for all I know, maybe that other is as true, as real, as the person we believe we are."

Meet Edie, a young woman who married Dean, one of a set of fraternal twins. Problem is his brother, his twin also has feelings for Edie and is not too subtle in his interactions with his brother's wife. This effects all three of them in not so healthy a way.

We next meet Edie twenty years later and in a different place, in a different situation. Edie is still searching for her true self, her own life.

The last section shows an Edie that has accomplished much, has finally found her own personal space and a measure of peace. But as always in life, fate throws us a curve and how we meet the challenge can define the person we think we have become.

Watson has such a insight into families, mothers, daughters and their sometimes contentious relationship. As hard as we try we cannot always keep those we love from making the same mistakes we did.
Unresolved feelings and the face we show the world can sometimes define who we are, how we act.

This is such a relateable story and I'm betting many readers will see parts of themselves in Edie. I did.

ARC from Netgalley.

I have long been a fan of Larry Watson. I love the rawness of his writing that strips away the pretense we carry in our daily lives. What is left is not always pretty, but it definitely feels true. The Lives of Edie Pritchard did not disappoint. In this novel we get to see Edie Pritchard in three stages of her life...along with those that seek to own and control her. Edie is relatable. And unforgettable. Thank you NetGalley and publishers for providing an advanced digital copy for review.

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This was just okay. I didn't hate it but I didn't necessarily like it either? Not one I would recommend. The characters were not engaging.

I'm sure this will be interesting to many, but the characters and life they lived simply did not hold my interest. I quit at 15%.

I appreciate this ARC provided by NetGalley and the publisher in exchange for an honest review.

I could not get interested in this book. Set in rural Americana, the cast of characters seemed misogyistic and not very thoughtful regarding their own lives and the consequences of their actions. Not very much self-awareness, nor awareness of others. Did not finish the book.