She’s got an MS in environmental health science, grew up on Long Island, and she currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and daughters.
Langan applied the Page 69 Test to Trad Wife and reported the following:
From page 69:Visit Sarah Langan's website.“I’m really not good with them,” Jenny answered.Page 69 is in keeping with the theme of the book -- motherhood, performance, judgement. A cigar is never just a cigar, and for a woman, a baby is never just a baby. My main character here, Jenny, has been canceled for writing honestly about her abortion and for leaving her mentally ill fiance. Everybody calls her selfish. Then we have trad Wife Mia, who's performing but not actually living her life, and no one actually knows who she is, but they all love her. They're both women in boxes, trying to figure a way to happiness.
Either because his mom was about to release him, or because a stranger was about to hold him, Isaac’s sleepy expression went sideways and weepy.
“Come on,” Mia said. “He doesn’t bite. Don’t make me burn a roast.”
Jenny took him. He was more solid than she’d expected. Heavier and warmer.
As Mia pulled out the roast, he started crying.
“Oh, for goodness’ sake!” she said when she returned. She rearranged Jenny’s hands so that Isaac sat comfortably, his head resting on her shoulder. Jenny felt a familiar and bewildering thrill. She smelled his head, and that smell was spectacular.
“You’ve really never held a baby before?”
“I avoid it.”
She appraised Jenny, amused. “This calls for a reel!”
She pulled out her phone.
“Don’t,” Jenny said. No telling how The Brotherhood would react.
“It’s too adorable to miss!” She started recording. “How does it feel to hold my babushka?” she asked, loud and for an audience.
Jenny was so uncomfortable with the camera that she didn’t answer.
“Come on. My subscribers want to know. I never let anybody in this close. Give them a hint. What’s Isaac like?”
Jenny relented. She remembered holding Melissa, and Luke after that. She’d always meant to tell Melissa that her son was perfect in every way. That she adored him. That she’d protect him forever, even if she’d never babysit. But she hadn’t done that. She hadn’t said anything.
“I love him,” Jenny said.
The Page 69 Test: The Keeper.
My Book, The Movie: The Missing.
The Page 69 Test: Good Neighbors.
My Book, The Movie: Good Neighbors.
--Marshal Zeringue
The Page 69 Test: Good Neighbors.
My Book, The Movie: Good Neighbors.
--Marshal Zeringue
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