Janet Hurst

Janet Hurst is the new novel from the author of The Daughters of a Mother. Our introduction to Janet Hurst begins in a suicide ward, but that's not where it ends. In between, she is the sum of her broken dreams. She lives life as if she was merely consulted "for the minutiae." So she blames her young son. She blames her husband, Marshall. And even their housekeeper, Barbara, who Janet believes is having an affair with him. As she meditates on her life, we witness a middle-aged woman as she's challenged by her health, her sanity and the expectations of having it all.