The plot escalates from there, and we learn more about their marriage and relationship, and are also introduced to their mothers, who have been best friends from a young age, shortly after Ronnie was born. One day, she wakes up and the house seems a bit off-kilter she sees her husband outside, obviously intoxicated, with a shotgun. Ronnie has just told her husband, Jeff, that she wants a divorce, and Jeff, who is an alcoholic and has depression at times, doesn't take it well. This was a hard novel to get through, but also one well worth reading. When the emotionally troubled Jeff engages police in a deadly stand-off, his wife, mother-in-law, and mother struggle to understand why the man they love has turned his back on the life they have given him, the one they all believe is still worth living. “Framing the novel within a 12-hour period keeps the pages turning (Library Journal).” Narrating from the alternating perspectives of three women, whose lives will be forever altered by Jeff Farnham, gives an intimate look at the steps a woman will take to get the help her husband so urgently needs while desperately trying to keep her children safe. Here Craft delivers “real, raw emotion” (Library Journal) exploring a marriage unraveled by mental illness and one man’s spiral towards a violent conclusion that tests the courage, love, and hope of the three women he leaves behind. The Far End of Happy is a powerful new novel based on author Kathryn Craft’s personal experience with a stand-off involving her husband.
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