"Extended look at the impact of bigamy"
Unable to believe the number of business trips his brother-
in-law Keith O'Connell makes to Dundee, Idaho, Isaac
Russell decides to serendipitously follow him. Isaac is
stunned to find that Keith has another wife with three
young daughters besides his sibling Liz. Forced to make a decision, Keith chooses his Idaho family
for the sake of his offspring. When his despondent sister
Liz decides to follow her "husband" to Idaho, Isaac does
likewise to insure she does not break the law by doing
something stupid or even try to do something stupider like
getting her "husband" to come back to her. Complicating
matters at least in Isaac's mind is his attraction to
Keith's schoolteacher first wife Reenie Holbrook, who uses
her maiden name. Big girls do cry when they suffer broken hearts as both
women do when the truth about Keith's bigamy surfaces.
However, Reenie recovers faster perhaps because she has
the kids to take care of (no time for breakdowns) and the
interest of Isaac to help her move on while Liz feels
abandoned and betrayed first by her two-timing spouse and
then her brother. She and the kids provide the fresh
extended look at the impact of bigamy. Harriet Klausner
Reviewed by Harriet Klausner
Posted September 8, 2005
SummarySometimes a "perfect" life isn't always what it seems...
Thanks to a sudden devastating revelation, Rena (Reenie)
Holbrook's once perfect marriage is over. Her "perfect"
husband lives down the street. Her "perfect" children are
missing having their father as part of the family. Her
"perfect" house has been sold. Even her dog acts like he's
lost. Although she's always been on top, always been the one
to show others how things should be done—now she's
reeling and she doesn't know what to do about it.
She decides that the first step to recovering from her
ordeal is to find work. She needs the money and the
distraction. So she's thrilled when she lands a job at
Dundee High teaching American History—until the man who
triggered the unraveling of her marriage accepts a temporary
position teaching science in the room right next to her.
Then she's tempted to quit. She doesn't want to see him or
his sister. They don't belong in "her" town.
But a friendship with the most unlikely woman leads to a
relationship with the most unlikely man...
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