The Professor's Wife

by Marina DelVecchio

Carl Bingham is a lonely British Literature Professor who has sworn off love and sex since an affair with a student at Skidmore College almost lost him his tenure and reputation. Camilla is a young artist who sits in his classroom, mesmerized by his voice and appearance. Despite their age difference, they fall in love, marry, and feed each other’s physical and emotional needs. But when secrets and betrayals begin to threaten the bond they have forged and have found nowhere else, how far will each go to keep the other from disappearing? The Professor’s Wife is about enduring love and the darkness that lives in all of us when it is threatened by the unexpected twists and bends of life itself.

137 pages, Paperback

Published October 14, 2021

About the author

Marina DelVecchio, Ph.D. is a college professor and writer. In addition to her online publications in MS Magazine, Huffington Post, and The New Agenda, her book publications include Dear Jane, The Professor’s Wife, and The Virgin Chronicles. She teaches women’s studies and literature through the lens of bibliotherapy, guiding her students to connect with literary heroes who write for power and self-assertion. She lives in North Carolina with her children and three feral cats.

Reviews

[Maria do Socorro Baptista · Rating 4 out of 5]

Não sei bem o que pensar deste livro. Muito bem escrito, ora do ponto de vista de Camilla, or do ponto de vista de Carl, seu ex-professor e atual marido, somos levados aos labirintos das mentes de duas pessoas sofridas e muito solitárias, que se encontram e se desencontram, e cuja comunicação se torna impossível quando algumas dores não conseguem ser compartilhadas. Muito doloroso.

[Linda Beilstein · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read through NetGalley. This book is a love story. No it is a mystery story. No I mean it is a horror story. Well whatever it is, it is really good and will keep you guessing up to the last minute. The main plot line is about a middle age college professor who is seduced by a 27 year old student. They fall in love and marry (against the advice of her best friend) and the rest of the story goes on from there. I definitely recommend this book.

[Michele Ackerman · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow! This book was full of surprises. It’s a romance and a mystery that keeps you thinking until the end.

[Eunice Coorlas · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wow, how to begin. There is a little bit of everything in this novel. It’s a love story, a mystery, and a little touch of psycho. Carl, a middle aged professor of literature has abandoned life’s pleasures since he almost lost his tenure after becoming involved with a student. Camilla is a twenty-seven year old student who falls in love with Carl. The couple, deeply in love, feed off one another’s desires until tragedy enters their domain.

Ms. DelVecchio has written a May-December romance which has a shocking ending. It had me turning pages wondering how it would end.

[Alyse · Rating 2 out of 5]

The Professor’s wife is listed as a thriller/mystery, I felt that the more I read the more it jumped out as a romance novel. I struggled to connect with the main characters Carl and Camilla throughout their dark love story. The chapters skip between present day and the past, this was very perplexing, there is no date at the beginning of the chapter therefore taking a while to figure out what was happening. The ending was unexpected but cannot account for the struggle that it was to finish. The Professor’s wife does highlight and bring your attention to how fragile mental health can be, and that life events can often have an ongoing effect on you no matter how hard you try to push past it. Therefore I give The Professor’s wife 2 stars out of 5.

[Diana · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a haunting and deeply emotional book. Ms. DelVecchio depicts the depths of the characters so strongly and evocatively. Her words portray the couple so well as she peels away the layers of hurt, hopelessness, and emotional trauma they endured in their journey to just be loved by someone in this life on earth. Although I wasn't sure how well the book would evolve in the first half, I was entranced as it progressed and was in tears at the end. A must read!

[Rocio Sandoval · Rating 3 out of 5]

I thought it started very well, it got my attention quickly and I found I couldn't read fast enough. Then, somewhere in the middle I figured out what was happening and I was no longer interested. I read it till the end to see if I was wrong, but nope...it was exactly what I thought and I was disappointed.

[Linda · Rating 2 out of 5]

This book started off well, but took a dark turn midway. Very predictable ending. I don't think it should have been classified as a mystery or psychological thriller. It was more like a dark romance. Don't like the ending at all. It is good in how it showed the results of mental depression and self loathing.

[Doug Yonce · Rating 2 out of 5]

A short, quick read, and I was glad. It was listed as mystery/thriller, so I felt short-changed. Not a whole lot to recommend. I received an advanced digital copy of this book from NetGalley and the publisher and voluntarily provided an honest review.

[Wilma · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a book!

I read this book in one sitting! It gripped me from the beginning and wouldn't let me go. What a book. Not my usual read but a great book!

[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Just WOW!!

Great book with a totally unexpected ending! I’ll definitely read this author again! You won’t be disappointed with this book.