Synopses & Reviews
Terrance. Louis. Wayne. Eric. Marissa had been warned: One of these days you're gonna mess with the wrong woman's husband. But she doesn't care. Aside from an occasional bout of guilt, she feels no shame, because after all, if their wives were doing what they were supposed to, then their husbands would not be seeking her company.
Marissa dates married men - four of them concurrently because it's easier. She gets all of the trappings of a relationship - love, wining and dining, physical pleasure - without any of the pain - cooking, laundry, and the day-to-day maintenance of a relationship.
But when it appears that one of the wives of the men she is dating is out to get her - wants her dead, in fact - Marissa begins to reexamine the choices she's made. Her selfishness gives way to vulnerability and fear, and she comes to the conclusion that she deserves a man all her own. But will she survive long enough to find Mr. Right?
Synopsis
Life was good for Marissa as she had affairs with four married men at once. But then the phone calls started--each one more threatening than the last. Someone is stalking Marissa. Someone wants her dead. Whose wife could it be?
About the Author
Gloria Mallette lives with her husband in Brooklyn, New York. This is her second novel.
Reading Group Guide
The questions and discussion topics that follow are intended to enhance your group’s reading of Gloria Mallette’s
Shades of Jade. We hope they will provide new insights and ways of looking at this intriguing new novel.
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2. 1. Marissa’s threatening phone calls set into motion a series of events that force her to completely reevaluate her lifestyle and explore her own motivations and history. Had she not been stalked, do you think Marissa would have changed? If she hadn’t changed, what kind of person would she have become?