By Sue Miller
A portrait of two marriages, one just beginning and the other approaching its end. Meri and Nathan have recently married and are moving into one half of a large, two family home in New England. The other side of the house belongs to the much older Delia and her husband, Tom, a former US senator. Ms. Miller offers a look at both marriages, seemingly at opposite points, yet in some ways, strikingly parallel. As Meri gives birth to her first child and confronts the complexities of motherhood, Delia brings debilitated Tom home for the first time in decades to convalesce after a stroke.
A portrait of two marriages, one just beginning and the other approaching its end. Meri and Nathan have recently married and are moving into one half of a large, two family home in New England. The other side of the house belongs to the much older Delia and her husband, Tom, a former US senator. Ms. Miller offers a look at both marriages, seemingly at opposite points, yet in some ways, strikingly parallel. As Meri gives birth to her first child and confronts the complexities of motherhood, Delia brings debilitated Tom home for the first time in decades to convalesce after a stroke.
I consider myself a big fan of Sue Miller’s writing, especially The Good Mother and While I Was Gone. The Senator's Wife has been the recepient of much critical praise, but the reviews on Amazon.com are somewhat lukewarm. I have to agree with many of the Amazon readers, who felt this novel was well written, but brought nothing really new to the table.
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I thought this book was pretty stinky. Nothing really new, dragged a lot in the middle.
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