a Chameleon, An Enigma, All Things To All Women — A Lifeline To Which Powerful Needs And Nameless Longings May Be Attached — Ken Kimble Is Revealed Through The Eyes Of The Women He Seduces: Birdie, His First Wife, Struggling To Hold Herself Together After His Desertion; Second Wife, Joan, A Lonely, Tragic Heiress Who Sees Her Unknowable Husband As Her Last Chance For Happiness; And Dinah, A Beautiful But Damaged Woman Half His Age.
judith Maas
jennifer Haigh”s mrs. Kimble Focuses A Laser On That Most Irrational Of Decisions —whom To Marry… Though The Premise Seems Overly Schematic, The Result Is An Affecting Tale Of The Power Of A Charismatic Predator And The Acquiescence Of His Victims…. Haigh Is Spare And Low-key, Masterful At Delineating The Quiet But Revealing Moment… mrs. Kimble Can Be Enjoyed As A Sharply Observed Study Of Three Women And The Same Stubborn, Misplaced Hopes That Shape Their Lives.<br.—the Boston Globe
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