The Senator's Wifeby Sue Miller
Published in 2008. 320 pages.
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Genre: Women's Fiction
Overall Score: 2.5/5
What its about (from randomhouse.com): Once again Sue Miller takes us deep into the private lives of women with this mesmerizing portrait of two marriages exposed in all their shame and imperfection, and in their obdurate, unyielding love. Meri is newly married, pregnant, and standing on the cusp of her life as a wife and mother, recognizing with some terror the gap between reality and expectation. Delia Naughton—wife of the two-term liberal senator Tom Naughton—is Meri’s new neighbor in the adjacent New England town house. Delia’s husband’s chronic infidelity has been an open secret in Washington circles, but despite the complexity of their relationship, the bond between them remains strong. What keeps people together, even in the midst of profound betrayal? How can a journey imperiled by, and sometimes indistinguishable from, compromise and disappointment culminate in healing and grace? Delia and Meri find themselves leading strangely parallel lives, both reckoning with the contours and mysteries of marriage, one refined and abraded by years of complicated intimacy, the other barely begun.
What I thought: ...Eh... it was ok. At first it sounded interesting (and the library was running low on books from my 'want-to-read' list), so I figured I'd try it. It was slow from the beginning. Several times I wondered if anything was ever going to happen. At times, I had to force myself to read it, it is definitely NOT a page-turner. Of the two main women, I found Delia more interesting. But this is not one I would suggest to friends.
Date I finished it: July 23, 2008
What I'm reading now: Unclutter Your Mind by Donna Smallin
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