THE INVISIBLE HUSBAND of FRICK ISLAND by Colleen Oakley - Review & Giveaway

 
In THE HUSBAND of FRICK ISLAND (Berkley), sometimes all you need is one person to really see you. Let me just say, this has to be one of the most original books I've read in a long time. The story is delightful, the characters are quirky and the premise is ... well, just read. You're going to have fun reading this novel.

Piper Parrish's life on Frick Island—a tiny, remote town smack in the middle of the Chesapeake Bay—is nearly perfect. Well, aside from one pesky detail: Her darling husband, Tom, is dead. When Tom's crab boat capsized and his body wasn't recovered, Piper, rocked to the core and did a most peculiar thing: carried on as if her husband was not only still alive, but right there beside her, cooking him breakfast, walking him to the docks each morning, meeting him for their standard Friday night dinner date at the One-Eyed Crab. And the weirdest thing, is all the residents of Frick Island went along with their beloved Piper. Each knew Tom wasn't there, but they stuck together and protected their delicate, Piper.

Anders Caldwell’s career is not going well. A young ambitious journalist, he’d rather hoped he’d be a national award-winning podcaster by now, rather than writing fluff pieces for a small town newspaper. But when he gets an assignment to travel to the remote Frick Island and cover their boring annual Cake Walk fundraiser, he stumbles upon a much more fascinating tale: an entire town pretending to see and interact with a man who does not actually exist. 

Determined it’s the career-making story he’s been needing, Anders returns to the island to begin research and spend more time with Piper—but he has no idea out of all the lives he’s about to upend, it’s his that will change the most.

THE INVISIBLE HUSBAND of FRICK ISLAND is all about being unselfish. The residents of Frick Island knew they were behaving kind of wacky, but they did so to protect their neighbor and friend. It's a true exploration of being a friend without any expectations. I believe we can all learn a little something from Oakley's novel.

Colleen Oakley is the USA Today bestselling author of You Were There Too, Close Enough to Touch and Before I Go. Her books have been named best books by People, Us Weekly, Library Journal and Real Simple, and have been long-listed for the Southern Book Prize. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia with her husband, four kids and the world’s biggest lapdog.

www.colleenoakley.com

Thanks to Berkley and Kathleen Carter Communications, we have one copy to giveaway. Tell us what you know about living in a small town. Maybe you live in one, or imagine what its like. We'll announce a winner soon. Good luck.

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