Patricia O'Donnell
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    • A Symmetry of Husbands
    • The Vigilance of Stars
    • Gods for Sale
    • Waiting to Begin
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    • Interview
    • Maine Sunday Telegram
    • https://www.centralmaine.com/2020/03/05/off-radar-books-from-farmington-country/
    • Vigilance of Stars
    • Author interview from ForeWord Reviews
    • "UMF Professor Publishes Memoir," Sun Journal
    • Review of Memoir Waiting To Begin
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A Symmetry of Husbands will be released by Unsolicited Press in November of 2023. The novel probes the jealousy and betrayal that hide in a life-long friendship. It takes its title from a poem read by Douglas Adams at the funeral of his wife Megan, who has died from complications of MS. He also reads: "Grief wrongs us so. I stand, and wait, and cry for the absurd forgiveness, not knowing why." Abigail, Megan's friend and caretaker on Boston's North Shore, has an idea why Douglas might ask for Megan's forgiveness. It's the reason Abigail herself might also ask forgiveness of both Megan and of Abigail's husband, James; neither Megan nor James knew of the affair between Douglas and Abigail. In the aftermath of the 2016 presidential election, as Abigail grieves for her friend and worries about the dangers of a Trump presidency, she becomes suspicious of the circumstances of her friend's death. Perhaps Douglas--and Abigail herself--need forgiveness for more than she previously knew. 


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