Everything you need to understand or teach The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica .
In the psychological thriller The Other Mrs. by Mary Kubica, Sadie Foust agrees to move to Maine with her family because her husband assures her that it will be a fresh start for the family. Just more than a month after the family arrive in their new home, however, a vicious murder takes place in a house just down the street. Sadie cannot help but think her family’s bad fortune has followed them. Themes in the novel include the strength of women, abuse of the mentally ill, and recovery from trauma. Both dissociative identity disorder and distractions serve as motifs that drive the story line.