I recieved this book for my honest review from Netgalley(Random House LLC). This is the author's debut novel. Hausfrau is not what I expected, it is a dark, very thought-provoking book and would make a great book club book because it would generate a lot of discussion.
The main character Anna Benz is a thirty something housewife that moves to Switzerland with her Swiss husband and two sons. The saying "a bored woman is a dangerous woman" is very true in this story. Anna is a bored housewife.
I enjoyed the writing of this book by Jill Essbaum but I did not like Anna. Anna is living in a perfect family a beautiful country with a loving husband and yet cannot be happy. She is her own worst enemy and has no self-control.
I wanted to continue reading Hausfrau because I was hoping Anna would get her act together. The ending of the book was very depressing and some of the language was a little too strong for me and the sex scenes left nothing to be imagined.
I would recommend this book to book clubs.
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