Domestic Affairs, Eileen Goudge
Domestic Affairs, Eileen Goudge
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Domestic Affairs

Author: Eileen Goudge

Narrator: Susan Ericksen

Unabridged: 18 hr 32 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/03/2008

Synopsis

Rosie and Abigail are like family, Ina Merriweather used to say. That is, until the day Ina cast out her housekeeper, Rosie, and her fifteen-year-old daughter Abigail. Abigail felt deeply betrayed, especially by Ina's daughter Lila, who was her closest friend. Now, twenty-five years later, an old score is about to be settled, and an old love rekindled. Abigail is now a self-made woman who has built an empire out of the homemaking skills she learned from her mother. When Lila, who married well and for decades lived the glittering life of a Park Avenue socialite, suffers a tragic reversal of fortune, she seeks the help of her childhood friend, but learns that the only opening available at the moment is as Abigail's housekeeper. At the same time, Abigail is coping with the fallout from a fire in her Mexico factory, which took the life of an innocent girl, whose mother, Concepci├│n Morales, now seeks the rich se├▒ora she holds responsible for her daughter's death. Abigail, Lila, and Concepci├│n are thrown together and must unite to save one another … and themselves.

About Eileen Goudge

Eileen Goudge is one of the nation’s most successful authors of women’s fiction. She began as a young adult writer, helping to launch the phenomenally successful Sweet Valley High series, and in 1986 she published her first adult novel, the New York Times bestseller Garden of Lies.

About Susan Ericksen

Susan Ericksen is an Audie Award–winning narrator who has recorded more than 200 books. The winner of multiple Earphone Awards for both fiction and nonfiction, she is also an actress who has performed in regional theaters across the country.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Katie

Well, that could have been better. This book follows three women whose lives intersect in really, very weird ways. Two of them knew one another as kids because the mom of one - Abigail - was a housekeeper for the other's - Lila - family. They grew up, and Lila married rich because - well, that's what......more

Goodreads review by Elinor

My first novel by Eileen Goudge, and I'm ashamed to admit that I chose it from a bookshelf in my Mexican rental condo only because the print was larger than the other books! Not great literature, but I was surprised at how many reviewers had given it a single star. I didn't think it was so terrible.......more

Goodreads review by Bronwyn

Rosie had been housekeeper to the Merriweather family for a long time, her 15 year old daughter Abigail had grown up best friends with twins Lila & Vaughn Merriweather, she and Vaughn had been getting closer when all of a sudden Rosie had been sacked and they were thrown out. Abigail was angry that......more

Goodreads review by Ineke

I like this novel. Eileen Goudge writes well and with clarity and none of the story was 'predictable', albeit towards the end I felt she was 'ready' to put an end to it. It has drama, is involving, good sequences to the different internal narratives, with a ring of emotional truths. One glaring mist......more

Quotes

“This is the ultimate indulgence—dramatic, involving, and ringing with emotional truth…Eileen is a top-drawer author at the top of her game. Susan Wiggs,  New York Times bestselling author of The Winter Lodge

“A love story --- not just a story of romantic love but of family love and friendship.” BookReporter.com

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