The Stepford Wives
About this ebook
Joanna Eberhart is a creative, independent wife and mother, newly arrived in the picture-perfect town of Stepford, Connecticut. But as her family adjusts to their new life, Joanna becomes unsettled by the town's women: all impossibly beautiful, devoted to their homes, and eerily alike.
As curiosity turns to suspicion, Joanna uncovers a terrifying secret lurking beneath Stepford's immaculate façade – one that threatens not only her freedom but her very existence. Is Stepford too good to be true, or has Joanna discovered the horrifying price of perfection?
'Flawless' - Esquire
'Jewel-like perfection' - Peter Straub
'One of the most enduring premises of twentieth-century American fiction' The Daily Beast
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About the author
IRA LEVIN (1929–2007) created some of the most recognisable landmarks of popular culture, among them Rosemary's Baby, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, and Deathtrap (Broadway's longest-running thriller, and one of its 10 longest-running plays).
A playwright and novelist of uncanny versatility, Levin alternated between suspense, horror, comedy, drama, science fiction, even musical theatre - often setting lasting benchmarks in each genre, while also helping birth a staggering array of emergent subgenres, including modern, daylight, and feminist horror.
Though his writing often held a mirror to society’s enduring ills, Levin opposed works that preach, writing first and foremost to entertain - asserting ‘I feel people are good enough that they deserve to be entertained’, and that ‘When you write something sheerly to entertain, that's making a moral point, too.’
Learn more at IraLevin.org
