If you’re new to Literary Wives, here’s the summary: we’re an online bookclub of five to six book bloggers, and we post every other month about a different book with the word “wife” in the title. When we read these books, we have two questions in mind: 1. What does this book say about wives … Continue reading Literary Wives: Wife 22, by Melanie Gideon
If you’re new to Literary Wives, here’s the summary: we’re an online bookclub of five to six book bloggers, and we post every other month about a different book with the word “wife” in the title. When we read these books, we have two questions in mind: 1. What does this book say about wives … Continue reading Literary Wives: The World’s Wife, by Carol Ann Duffy
If you’re new to Literary Wives, here’s the summary: we’re an online bookclub of five to six book bloggers, and we post every other month about a different book with the word “wife” in the title. When we read these books, we have two questions in mind: 1. What does this book say about wives … Continue reading Literary Wives: The Crane Wife, by Patrick Ness
If you’re new to Literary Wives, here’s the summary: I’ll be joining bloggers Ariel, Audra, Emily, Cecilia, Kay, and Lynn as we post every other month about a different book with the word “wife” in the title. When we read these books, we have two questions in mind: 1. What does this book say about … Continue reading Literary Wives: The Zookeeper’s Wife
If you missed the Literary Wives introductory post, here’s the summary: I’ll be joining bloggers Ariel, Audra, Cecilia, Kay, and Lynn as we post every other month about a different book with the word “wife” in the title. When we read these books, we have two questions in mind: 1. What does this book say about … Continue reading Literary Wives: The Inquisitor’s Wife, by Jeanne Kalogridis
If you missed the Literary Wives introductory post, here’s the summary: I’ll be joining bloggers Ariel, Audra, Emily, Cecilia, Kay, and Lynn, as we post every other month about a different book with the word “wife” in the title. This month, we’re writing about Ariel Lawhon’s novel The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress, which will … Continue reading Literary Wives: The Wife, The Maid, and the Mistress, by Ariel Lawhon
If you missed the Literary Wives introductory post, here’s the summary: I’ll be joining founding bloggers Ariel, Audra, and Emily, as well as fellow newcomers Cecilia and Lynn, as we post every other month about a different book with the word “wife” in the title. This month, we’re writing about Sena Jeter Naslund’s Ahab’s Wife, … Continue reading Literary Wives: Una Spenser and DIY Wifehood
Do you find the current trend of “wife” books (The Time Traveler’s Wife, The Zookeeper’s Wife, American Wife, etc.) encouraging or alarming? Should we feel positive that authors are focusing on female protagonists, or troubled that these women, at least in the titles, are defined by their relationships to others? Or both? I’m still mulling … Continue reading Literary Wives
A Diane Ackerman, The Zookeeper’s Wife Chloe Aridjis, Asunder Kate Atkinson, Life After Life Kate Atkinson, A God in Ruins Margaret Atwood, Stone Mattress: Tales Margaret Atwood, The Heart Goes Last Jane Austen, Persuasion Jane Austen, Sense and Sensibility Mona Awad, 13 Ways of Looking at a Fat Girl B Nick Bantock, The Griffin and … Continue reading Index of Reviews by Author
I found Jill Alexander Essbaum’s Hausfrau* to be well-written, intriguingly structured, and deeply frustrating. This last characteristic is a measure of the skill Ms. Essbaum, who is a very well-regarded poet, brings to her characterization of Anna, the eponymous hausfrau. Anna is an American who’s lived in Switzerland for many years, but who’s never felt … Continue reading A Book in Need of a Book Club: Jill Alexander Essbaum’s Hausfrau
Rosemary and Reading Glasses 