Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons

Angry Housewives Eating Bon Bons, or AHEB, is the name of the book club the ladies of Freesia Court organize and participate in for more than thirty years.

Nasty Notes, Half-Eaten Biscuits, Used Cotton Swabs

In defiance of her husband, Merit hides nasty notes, half-eaten teething biscuits and used cotton swabs in her hair.

Piano

Merit is a talented piano player. It is through playing the piano at the local library that Merit meets Frank Paradise, her second husband. The piano also becomes Merit's source of income when she begins to play piano in a piano bar.

Gun

Faith takes Wade's gun and threatens Eric with it when she and the other angry housewives become aware he is beating Merit.

Letters

Faith begins writing letters to her deceased mother early in her marriage as a way to record her thoughts, like a diary...