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More copies of this ISBN:The Wifeby Meg Wolitzer
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments: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, Meg Wolitzer 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. Review:"This important book introduces another side of a writer we thought we knew: Never before has she written so feverishly, so courageously. It almost becomes possible to imagine a female Philip Roth..." Kera Bolonik, The Washington Post Book World Review:"[Wolitzer's] hilarious gripes about marriage make this tale a pleasure best indulged in away from your better half." People Magazine Review:"Wolitzer's crisp pacing and dry wit carry us headlong into a devastating message about the price of love and fame. If it's a story we've heard before, the tale is as resonant as ever in Wolitzer's hands." Publishers Weekly Review:"[A]n eviscerating and acerbically funny novel....Wolitzer keeps us guessing right up until the gut-wrenching twist of a finale." Entertainment Weekly Review:"Meg Wolitzer has fashioned a light-stepping, streamlined novel from...dolorous, bitter-sounding themes....[A] near-heartbreaking document of feminist realpolitik." Claire Dederer, The New York Times Book Review Review:"popular and shrewd novelist Wolitzer choreographs [Joan's] ire into kung-fu precision moves to zap our every notion about gender and status, creativity and fame, individuality and marriage, deftly exposing the injustice, sorrow, and sheer absurdity of it all." Donna Seaman, Booklist Review:"Forty-five years of a bad marriage laid out in pat detail....Connect-the-dots predictable except for those occasional tasty morsels of nastiness." Kirkus Reviews Review:"[The Wife] features amazingly crafted prose....Complete with a staggering twist ending, this is not one to miss." Library Journal Review:"Wolitzer never really develops her characters and savvy readers will guess her surprise ending quite early on, but she has great fun satirizing an all too recognizable stratum of literary life." The New Yorker Review:"Wolitzer's world is John Updike's world, but her writing is at once grittier and bigger....I hope that The Wife might appeal to both men and women. It is as much about the male psyche as it is about the woman's." Susan Salter Reynolds, The Los Angeles Synopsis:Tackling everything from the challenges of marriage to the nature of gender, this bold work by Wolitzer seizes the reader and never lets go. Synopsis:THE WIFE is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan and the secret they've kept for decades. The novel opens just as Joe is about to receive a prestigious international award, The Helsinki Prize, to honour his career as one of America's preeminent novelists of the Mailer-Bellow-Updike school. But this isn't a book for writers; it's a book for readers, for people who are interested in questions such as: Is there a 'male' voice and a 'female' voice? Do men and women see the world differently, and how? THE WIFE takes on these issues, which are relevant not only in a writer's marriage, but in any marriage, where issues of gender and power are sure to arise. About the AuthorMeg Wolitzer's previous books include Sleepwalking, This Is Your Life, and Surrender, Dorothy. She lives in New York City with her husband and two sons. What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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