| Anna Bouverie is a vibrant woman who has spent 20 years scrimping and
saving to raise a family and support her husband's parish work. When her husband is passed
over for promotion, Anna takes a job at a supermarket in order to provide for her
children's dreams. Perceived as an act of rebellion, this simple expression of
independence brings her the shocked disapproval of the parish and the icy fury of her
husband. Isolated from her community, Anna finds a new self-reliance and attracts the interest of three very different men: Daniel Byrne, the new archdeacon; his younger brother Jonathan, a philosopher and academic; and Patrick O'Sullivan, the brash newcomer to the parish. All three play pivotal roles in Anna's life and in the evolution of her independent self. Based on Joanna Trollope's international bestseller, THE RECTOR'S WIFE is the mesmerizing story of a spirited woman's struggle to remain dutiful as a rich new life beckons. |