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The Wife by Meg Wolitzer
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This was a great book. The only two drawbacks are that she used some strong profanity in parts and that from the beginning you can figure out the ending. However, the following passage makes up for it (I read it to my husband) "Everyone knows how women soldier on, how women dream up blueprints, recipes, ideas for a better world, and then sometimes lose them on the way to the crib in the middle of the night, on the way to Stop and Shop, or the bath. They lose them on the way to greasing the path on which their husband and children will ride serenely through life." (p 183) This passage really spoke to me.
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July 1, 2009 – Finished Reading
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message 1: by Sally (new)

Sally wow, I thought I was the only one who was spilling my brains all over the place! lol (I'm a friend of JoDean's) :)


retronerd  Steinkuehler Now I WILL read this book


Siobhan I'm going to read this just from this passage alone!


message 4: by Michele (new) - added it

Michele Bailey That was a memorable passage for sure!


Jennifer I agree with your first comment. I agree that much of the writing was unnecessarily coarse. And that we all knew the secret well before it was revealed.


Holly Haeseler I also took note of that line and LOVED it.


Toni Anne  Agnese That line made me stop and think too! A truer statement could not be made.


Susan When i read i think only in the moment, I dont speculate the ending, so though the ending was obvious.. i still let myself be surprised.


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