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She probably felt there was only one way out of her marriage and sought to make it so. The silent abuse she endured was uncalled for. I felt terrible for Nellie, who could have had a better life. Both women wanted more out of life than motherhood. So, as you can see the two women had parallel issues, but Nate wasn’t abusive. I think she should have come clean about not wanting a baby at this time of her life and questioned her husband’s late night hours, instead of assumed the worse. I won’t say how, but her life does turn around.Īs for Alice, I think she was trying to find her place, happiness, and what she wanted to do with her life, as well. Well, Nellie might have been the picture-perfect wife hiding her husband’s abusive nature under the surface. How women are treated in ancient and modern society has only changed in our ability to vote, have careers and at times, a voice of our own. I didn’t just feel awful for Nellie, but for generations of women stuck in a role they had no choice to follow.

I don’t think I’ll ever look at a garden the same way. Writing the letters helped her believe that she could still share moments in her life with her. Nellie wrote these letters to her mother, but was unable to give them to her. Inspiration comes in many forms, but first it takes research and that comes in the form of letters that her neighbor, Sally, gives to her. While she’s ducking from this secret, she’s dealing with writer’s block for her own book, the one she told her husband she was writing. That she was fired because she told the truth about who really wrote an author’s recent book. There’s also the secret she’s keeping about her former job. Now her career goals are taking a different path with her husband eager to start a family. While in the future, Alice misses her life and apartment in New York, where everything she could possibly need was a short distance away, including her friends. Though, no one would believe it, as she puts on a show for snobby neighbors. Nellie’s husband always wants to start a family, but she doesn’t want to have Richard’s children. He has a beautiful wife and apparently is still having an affair. She makes him homemade dinners and keeps an impressive garden, but is still subjected to his abuse. In the early years of the Murdoch marriage, Nellie works diligently to prepare the perfect home for Richard.

Then there’s Nate and Alice Hale who purchased the Murdoch home after Nellie’s death in 2017. Richard and Nellie Murdoch’s relationship is detailed in the 1950s. Karma Brown presents the lives of two couples.

Recipe for a perfect wife