Summary of M. M. DeLuca's The Perfect Family Man

By IRB Media

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.

#1 I had moved my drawing board and easel from the upstairs office to the living room downstairs. I’d convinced my husband, Nate, that the green light filtering through the deep bay window was better for sketching.

#2 I had checked out five years ago, and in my place was a clone going through the motions of day-to-day life. I was a burden to him, and he didn’t want to be around me.

#3 I watched as the new neighbor pulled a child out of the SUV. It was so cold out, and the child was unsupervised, gazing around at the street. I prayed that the mother would take the child’s hand before he got run over.

#4 I would often see the child out the window, and I would help him escape from the house. One day, I saw him get picked up by a blonde woman, who took him to safety just in time. I stood there for a few mind-splitting moments, trying to catch my breath.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Apr 19, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669387114

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Insights from Chapter 1

#1

I had moved my drawing board and easel from the upstairs office to the living room downstairs. I’d convinced my husband, Nate, that the green light filtering through the deep bay window was better for sketching.

#2

I had checked out five years ago, and in my place was a clone going through the motions of day-to-day life. I was a burden to him, and he didn’t want to be around me.

#3

I watched as the new neighbor pulled a child out of the SUV. It was so cold out, and the child was unsupervised, gazing around at the street. I prayed that the mother would take the child’s hand before he got run over.

#4

I would often see the child out the window, and I would help him escape from the house. One day, I saw him get picked up by a blonde woman, who took him to safety just in time. I stood there for a few mind-splitting moments, trying to catch my breath.

Insights from Chapter 2

#1

The woods are a pathway to oblivion, a place where the worst types of predators hide. They suck in everything you love, and once they’re in there, they never come out.

#2

I constantly thought about Jack, and I would always feel guilty about what happened to him. I told myself that I was to blame for his disappearance, not just Nate. I should have hired a babysitter, and for a miserable forty dollars, my life might have taken a different direction.

Insights from Chapter 3

#1

I had been invited to a Labor Day party at one of Nate’s law partners’ houses. I’d torn my gaze away from all the grandeur to focus on Jack’s head resting against Nate’s shoulder. His downy auburn curls gleamed like burnished copper, his eyelids drooped, heavy with sleep.

#2

I was away from them for only five minutes, but every detail of those seconds was engraved in my brain. I took a few welcome slugs of cold wine, and then wandered back along the terrace, marveling at