Super Short Summary

The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica tells the story of Sadie Foust and her family, who have relocated from urban Chicago to rural Maine, only to be shocked by the violent murder of a neighbor. To save herself and her children, Sadie must solve the mystery and assemble the disturbing pieces of the past and present into a coherent whole. The family’s story is revealed through a fragmented narrative of shifting points of view, narrative voices, and time periods. The novel contains graphic descriptions of suicide and references to animal and child abuse and centers on the mental health condition of dissociative identity disorder (DID).