A review by jillheather
The Son-in-Law by Charity Norman

1.0

For years, Joseph Scott has been haunted by the fact that he killed his wife. But it's okay, because the book will explain how his sister (who had been abused and runs a domestic violence shelter) and mother-in-law (whose only daughter was killed) are total bitches for not forgiving him, and how in any case his wife sort of deserved it because she was mentally ill and not totally sober the night he killed her. Plus, it was an accident. Sure, he was hitting her in front of his three children while she was holding the youngest who was an infant. Sure, he hit her so hard she fell over. But if she'd just fallen in a different direction, she might not have died. His new friend, the about-to-be-nun, explains that in her past she had casual sex and also worked in a bar, so really she's a worse person than he is.