Oh man, that's some knife you've got there.

Continuing directly from the Single Wide edition, Trailer Park Wives, Double Wide continues to follow the lives of the four friends after the unexpected suicide of Ann Marie, the only one of their little group who had seemed to have everything.

There is really very little story at all, other than the incidents, longings and sorrows which daily occur individually to the group during the weeks following the funeral. But as their lives slowly evolve, the question which emerged ever louder in the first part of the story, why did the happy, the lucky one of their original group, kill herself, begins to unravel and we finally discover her secret.

Mostly well written, the dialogue is good and the friends emerge as very real people. Their situations are not necessarily pleasant, one is a sex worker, one works in a Bunny bar, all are parents and some described scenes tend towards the lurid. But there is also an empathy built between each one and the reader. The narration by Lindsey Covey is excellent. Her voice is pleasant, an easy listen, and she reads with good pace and intonation, giving all of the protagonists clear and appropriate definition increasing the reality of each one.

There is a fascination in watching these very different friends as they cope as best they can in the rather seedy, run down trailer park and this reader will certainly be looking out for book three.

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