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The Senator's Wife

by: Sue Miller

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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
Sales Rank: 8827
Studio: Knopf



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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: 3 out of 5 stars - Bittersweet story of two marriages
This is a story of two women who live in adjoining townhouses and whose lives become intimately entwined. ... Read More


Rating: 4 out of 5 stars - satisfying
i love sue miller. this is one of her better novels. if you enjoy character driven fiction, this is for you. ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - The Senator's Wife
The story is interesting, especially for someone who is involved in care giving. It is slower than I had expected.


Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - 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 ... Read More


Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - 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 ... Read More

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