The Wife

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A NEW YORKTIMES NOTABLE BOOK NAMED ONE OFTHE BEST BOOKS OFTHEYEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, LOS ANGELES TIMES. AND NEWSDAY
"A rollicking, perfectly pitched triumph .Wolitzer's talent for comedy of manners reaches a heady high." —Los Angeles Times
The moment Joan Castleman decides to leave her husband, they are thirty-five thousand feet above the ocean on a flight to Helsinki. Joan's husband, Joseph, is one of America's preeminent novelists, about to receive a prestigious international award, and Joan, who has spent forty years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, has finally decided to stop. From this gripping opening, MegWolitzer flashes back to 1950s Smith College and Greenwich Village and follows the course of the marriage that has brought the couple to this breaking point—one that results in a shocking revelation.
With her skillful storytelling and pitch-perfect observations,Wolitzer has crafted a wise and candid look at the choices all men... Tovább

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A NEW YORKTIMES NOTABLE BOOK NAMED ONE OFTHE BEST BOOKS OFTHEYEAR BY THE WASHINGTON POST, LOS ANGELES TIMES. AND NEWSDAY
"A rollicking, perfectly pitched triumph .Wolitzer's talent for comedy of manners reaches a heady high." —Los Angeles Times
The moment Joan Castleman decides to leave her husband, they are thirty-five thousand feet above the ocean on a flight to Helsinki. Joan's husband, Joseph, is one of America's preeminent novelists, about to receive a prestigious international award, and Joan, who has spent forty years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, has finally decided to stop. From this gripping opening, MegWolitzer flashes back to 1950s Smith College and Greenwich Village and follows the course of the marriage that has brought the couple to this breaking point—one that results in a shocking revelation.
With her skillful storytelling and pitch-perfect observations,Wolitzer has crafted a wise and candid look at the choices all men and women make—in marriage, work, and life. BH -iV' ii'^i
"Acerbically funny . . .Wolitzer keeps us guessing right up until the gut-wrenching twist of a finale." —Entertainment Weekly
"To say that The Wife is Wolitzer's most ambitious novel to date is an under-statementThis important book introduces another side of a writer we thought we knew: Never before has she written so feverishly, so courageously."
—The Washington Post
"Deploys a calm, seamless humor . Rage might be the signature emotion of the powerless, but in Wolitzer's hands, rage is also very funny."
—The New York Times Book Review
MEGWOLITZER is the author of Sleepwalking, This Is Your Life, Surrender, Dorothy, and The Position. She lives in NewYork City with her husband and two sons. Vissza