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The Wife

Meg Wolitzer

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English
Vintage
01 October 2004
Sharp witty tale about the sexual politics of a marriage from New York Times bestseller and author of the acclaimed The Interestings

A Husband. A Wife. Their Secret

Joe and Joan Castleman are en route to Helsinki. 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. But behind the compromises, the disappointment and disillusionment there lies a secret...
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Imprint:   Vintage
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Edition:   New edition
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 14mm
Weight:   159g
ISBN:   9780099478195
ISBN 10:   0099478196
Pages:   224
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Recommended Age:   From 0 years
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Meg Wolitzer is the author of several acclaimed novels, most recently The Uncoupling ( tingles with playfulness and wicked observation Independent) and The Wife ( has you howling with recognition Allison Pearson), The Position ( one of the best and most human books I ve read all year Erica Wagner) and The Ten-Year Nap ( as incisive and pitiless and clear-eyed a chronicler of female-male tandems as Philip Roth or John Updike' Chicago Tribune). She is married with two sons and lives in New York City.

Reviews for The Wife

With a great lightness of touch, Wolitzer's novel satirises American literary circles of the Seventies and Eighties and traces the generation of wives who poured their own creative energies into stoking the fires of their husbands' reputations. Emma Hagestadt, Independent 20041221 Hilarious and touching Erica Wagner, The Times 20041221 The wife was published less than a decade ago, but I say it is already a classic - and I have no idea why it's author remains so less well known than her US compatriots, Alison Lurie and Lorrie Moore. Observer


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