A version of “Little Women” set among military wives (“The Spring Girls” by Anna Todd) and plenty of remade “Pride and Prejudices” (Atlanta’s Soniah Kamal had success with “Unmarriageable,” her version set in Pakistan) pepper bookshelves. There has been a trend of late in women’s fiction to rework literary classics. This time Jane is unknowingly embroiled in a love triangle, but she’s also looking out for herself ― carving out a new identity and life in the high-end village, where status and appearances seem to count more than character. Taking plot and character inspiration from Charlotte Bronte’s “Jane Eyre,” author Alabama author Rachel Hawkins cleverly reimagines the gothic classic by placing it in the leafy community of Mountain Brook, a suburb of Birmingham, Alabama. Three-fourths thriller and one part reimagined classic, “The Wife Upstairs” is a feisty Southern charmer that’s twisty enough to make dinners late in kitchens everywhere.
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