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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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I've read enough work by Sue Miller to say with complete confidence that she's a brilliant writer, and a master at character development. The Senator's Wife is a gray tale of two couples, neighbors sharing an east coast duplex in an upscale n...more...]]> 4 6 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 17 10:13:26 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 11 13:46:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 3 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 08:58:53 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 26 09:01:32 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 2 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 07:21:55 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 07:29:43 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 2 false false Tue Mar 04 08:51:04 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 19 08:57:08 -0800 2008 Sun Mar 02 16:19:54 -0800 2008
In terms of the story, though, several parts of it were left unresolved, in my mi...more...]]> 2 2 false false Fri Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 03 09:38:39 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 22 22:57:14 -0800 2008 While I Was Gone. It starts out great, and I really do like Miller's handling of language, and then it all just goes wrong.

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Meri is the woman who has moved into the duplex, next door to Delia. She is a newlywed and ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jul 14 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 15:40:21 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 05 15:40:21 -0700 2009
In any case, I decided I was ready for something new. I did start a book that was so horrendous, it put me off books for a whole month. The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller, however, totally broug...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Sep 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 11:53:30 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 06 12:03:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false true Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:00:27 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 07:17:22 -0700 2009 more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 21:13:54 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 21:14:47 -0700 2009
It was a good enough story and well enough written.

Page 265: Delia hadn’t lived with her husband for many years. He had been a U.S. senator, who cheated on her many times. They had three children together. Du...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed May 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu May 21 05:23:37 -0700 2009 Wed May 27 09:38:11 -0700 2009 more...]]>