The Wife
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Average rating4.1
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Ratings7
Average rating4.1
Joe is thinking about the prestigious literary prize he will receive there, while Joan is plotting how to leave him. For too long she has played the role of supportive wife, turning a blind eye to his misdemeanours, whilst quietly being the keystone of his success.
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This is one of those books, where I read it for 15 minutes, and them wept like a puppy for the next 30 min. The honesty and the courage of the author blew my mind! The author shows "behind the scenes" of academic work, and spares no details.
The Wife is an examination of the dynamics of a marriage and the compromises made to maintain it, for better or for worse. Mostly worse. There were several times that I wanted to reach into the page and shake Joan for not acknowledging that her husband was so blatantly a complete shitebag of a man but that frustration aside, I really enjoyed this. Meg Wolitzer does character studies very well.
