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Cargando... The Wife's Tale: A Novel (2009 original; edición 2010)por Lori Lansens
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Inscríbete en LibraryThing para averiguar si este libro te gustará. Actualmente no hay Conversaciones sobre este libro. Read all on one day; it gripped me. I'd have given it a 4, but for me it weakened a bit at the end. Definitely a 3.5 at least. I didn't like her previous "The Girls", but am glad I gave her a second chance. ( ) 3.5 stars Mary is obese and much of her thought is taken up with her weight and food. On their 25th anniversary, her husband “Gooch” (Jimmy Gooch) has left her with no notice. He just didn’t come home. Mary, although she has never or rarely left her small hometown in Ontario, takes it upon herself to follow clues first to Toronto, then to California, to try to find him. The first half of the book was hard to read with all the moaning about her weight and food, etc. But maybe that is accurate for some people battling obesity? It’s nice to see Mary become somewhat independent (with the help of people in the small town in California she ends up in). The ending was left a little bit open, but I suppose in doing that, that might mean something, too. Lansen is a great writer, but it is so hard to top "The Girls". Characters in this novel were not as loveable, or as engaging. Too many unresolved storylines, too many odd, unnecessary characters (prayer group?) etc. I finished with a million questions. It feels like Lansen dreamed up a character, and a beginning to her novel, but could not find a compelling ending. sin reseñas | añadir una reseña
On the eve of their Silver Anniversary, Mary Gooch is waiting for her husband Jimmy to come home. As night turns to day, it becomes frighteningly clear to Mary that he is gone. Through the years, disappointment and worry have brought Mary's life to a standstill, and she has let her universe shrink to the well-worn path from the bedroom to the refrigerator. But her husband's disappearance startles her out of her inertia, and she begins a desperate search. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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