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The Senator's Wife
by Sue Miller
from Knopf

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0

• The Senator's Wife
  The story is interesting, especially for someone who is involved in care giving. It is slower than I had expected.

• 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 pretty amateurish. I'd read "The Good Mother" years ago and loved it, but this book is a turnoff to reading anything else by her. It's hard to empathize with any of the characters, who all seem one-dimensional and amoral. She writes as though she is making epiphanies about women, marriage, etc. but they did not resonate with me.

• 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 older toward the end of her life and one who is younger toward the beginning of her life.
  While I was interested in the lives of both women and enjoyed the creative way in which their stories emerged, I felt that Meri's character's development dropped off while Delia's character development took over the story. I would have like to hear a bit more how Meri came to terms with her... more info

• The Senator's Wife
  I loved the book, it held my interest the whole time and had a shocking twist near the end. Very Good

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