Author Event: Meagan Church

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Mon, 06 Oct, 2025 at 12:00 pm

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415 Brooks Street, Wake Forest, NC, United States, North Carolina 27587 | Wake Forest, NC

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Page 158 Books is excited to welcome author Meagan Church back to the store for the release of her book, The Mad Wife.
With odes of The Bell Jar comes a searing historical novel following a 1950s housewife who, when a mysterious new wife moves across the way, begins to unearth dark secrets about her neighborhood and her own mind.
In the 1950s, nothing is valued more than conformity, and Lulu Mayfield has spent the last five years molding herself into the ideal housewife. But after the birth of her daughter, Lulu’s carefully constructed life begins to teeter.
Exhausted by expectations and haunted by tragic memories, Lulu looks to her new neighbor, Bitsy. Bitsy, always the model of a perfect housewife, is not quite what she seems and Lulu knows something dark lurks beneath Bitsy’s constant smile. Increasingly fixated on Bitsy and her perfectly crafted life, Lulu’s mental state begins to fracture, and memories she had suppressed long ago begin to rise to the surface. Soon, Lulu is forced to confront the possibility that she might be headed down a path much darker than she could ever foresee.
Set against the backdrop of a post-war era defined by tradition and constrained femininity, The Mad Wife weaves together a coming-of-age search for identity with a psychological drama so poignant, you won’t be able to put it down.
After receiving a degree in English with a focus on creative writing from Indiana University, MEAGAN CHURCH built a career as a storyteller and freelance writer for brands, blogs and organizations. Her fiction focuses on overlooked and oppressed women’s voices from the past. A Midwesterner by birth, she now lives in North Carolina with her high school sweetheart, three children and a plethora of pets.
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