02325cam a2200373 i 4500 606048830 TxAuBib 20220928120000.0 211015s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2021050596 9780593158920 hardcover $28.00 059315892X hardcover $28.00 (OCoLC)1276901678 TxAuBib rda Fielding, Joy, author. The housekeeper [HC] : a novel / Joy Fielding. First edition. New York : Ballantine Books, [2022] ©2022. 351 pages ; 25 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "Jodi Bishop knows success. She's the breadwinner, a top-notch real estate agent. Her husband, Harrison . . . not so much. Once, he had big dreams. But now, he's a middling writer who resents his wife's success. Jodi's father, Vic, now seventy-nine and retired, is a very controlling man. His wife, Audrey, was herself no shrinking violet. But things changed when Audrey developed Parkinson's eight years ago, and Vic retired to devote himself to her care. But while still reasonably spry and rakishly handsome, Vic is worn down by his wife's deteriorating condition. Exhausted from trying to be all things to all people, Jodi finally decides she's had enough and starts interviewing housekeepers to help care for her parents. She settles on Elyse Woodley, an energetic and attractive widow in her early sixties, who seems perfect for the job. While Vic is initially resistant, he soon warms to Elyse's sunny personality and engaging ways. And Jodi is pleased to have an ally, someone she can talk to and occasionally even confide in. Until . . . She shuts Jodi out. And Audrey's condition worsens--rapidly. Who is this woman suddenly wearing her mother's jewelry? What is she after? And how far will she go to get it?"-- Provided by publisher. 20220928. Housekeepers Fiction. Authors Fiction. Older parents Fiction. Older people Care Fiction. Suspense fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Novels. Fiction.