‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ Delivers the Most Novel Worthy Drama on TV

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This is going to sound strange, but if season three of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives were a novel, it would be a bestseller — one of those Reese Witherspoon picks book clubs devour. I’m not kidding. The arc is exactly the sort of middle-to-highbrow domestic drama I love to read.

Distilled into a logline, the central story reads like this: When a Mormon housewife’s secret affair comes to light, the revelation sends shockwaves through her close-knit circle, threatening to unravel the marriages and identities of everyone in it.

Or: A Mormon housewife’s affair shatters the fragile harmony of her community, forcing the women around her to confront their own marriages, faith, and bur

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