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The Senator's Wife
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780307264206
ISBN: 0307264203
Label: Knopf
Manufacturer: Knopf
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 320
Publication Date: January 08, 2008
Publisher: Knopf
Release Date: January 08, 2008
Studio: Knopf
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Editorial Review: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. The author of the iconic The Good Mother and the best-selling While I Was Gone brings her marvelous gifts to a powerful story of two unconventional women who unexpectedly change each other’s lives.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.Here are all the things for which Sue Miller has always been beloved—the complexity of experience precisely rendered, the richness of character and emotion, the superb economy of style—fused with an utterly engrossing story that has a great deal to say to women, and men, of all ages.
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Rating:  - Heavy-handed, poor character development
Interesting story, but this is not worth the time to read, as the characters are poorly defined and the writing is pretty amateurish. I'd read "The Good Mother" years ago and loved it, but this book is a turnoff to reading anything else by her. It's hard to empathize with any of the characters, who all seem one-dimensional and amoral. She writes as though she is making epiphanies about women, marriage, etc. but they did not resonate with me.
Rating: - Worthwhile Read, Hated the Ending
Sue Miller's The Senator's Wife is an interesting read. Written from the perspective of two neighbors, one who is much older toward the end of her life and one who is younger toward the beginning of her life.
While I was interested in the lives of both women and enjoyed the creative way in which their stories emerged, I felt that Meri's character's development dropped off while Delia's character development took over the story. I would have like to hear a bit more how Meri came to terms ... Read More
Rating:  - The Senator's Wife
I loved the book, it held my interest the whole time and had a shocking twist near the end. Very Good
Rating: - The Senator's Wife
This novel opens as a newlywed couple purchase their first home, a half of a duplex next to the prestigious Senator Naughton and his wife. As they struggle through their firsts--house, fights, children, etc; they probe into the life and marriage of the Senator and his wife Delia. The story is also told through Delia's perspective as she grapples with a long term marriage, the after affects of infidelity and forgiveness. Both marriages are in turmoil yet salted with moments of genuine affection. The ... Read More
Rating:  - The Price of Love
Sue Miller's latest may not be her best, but it makes the reader think, and think hard. How much does a woman have to "pay" for love? Should she HAVE to pay? Why? And why not?
All these hard questions are explored, but as in true life, never really answered. The plot is seemingly simple: Two women, one a long-time senator's wife, Delia, and newly married unsure Meri, share two halves of a twin house. And two halves of a woman's life? Perhaps...
We learn Delia's story that is all ... Read More
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