In a world where a woman's worth is measured by her obedience, Ann has always played her part–quiet, dutiful, invisible. The perfect wife.
Until she becomes a widow. Now her brother-in-law wants her gone–off the island, out of the family business, and separated from her sons. Determined to keep what remains of her life intact, Ann refuses to disappear. Instead, she steps into a future she was never meant to claim. With the help of an unlikely circle of allies, Ann fights to free her son from Mount Cashel Orphanage and build a new life in wartime St. John's. At her side is Maureen, her fierce and cunning sister-in-law, a woman betrayed by her own family and driven to reclaim what is rightfully hers.
Together, they face a ruthless enemy–the very family that seeks to control them–and discover a strength neither knew they possessed.
A resonant story of courage, loyalty, and defiance, A Respectable Woman asks: how far will a woman go to claim her life–and who decides what makes her respectable?
