The Senator's Wife (Vintage Contemporaries)
by Sue Miller
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Author: Sue MillerEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-06
ISBN: 0307276694
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Vintage
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Book Review: "The Senator's Wife" disappoints
Summary: 2 Stars
Although I had high hopes for Sue Miller's The Senator's Wife, it was a disappointment. While the title itself hints that the role of a politician's spouse includes loss of her own identity, the book was really not about identity at all. Told through the eyes of a newly married neighbor, a young woman sorely lacking in self-esteem due to a poor relationship with her own mother, the novel recounts how Delia, the wife of a philadering senator, exerts control over her husband and her own life. The young wife, Meri, constantly seeks approval from all those around her--her husband, her co-workers, her neighbor Delia, the senator's wife of the title, an older woman portrayed as Meri's substitute mother, and the senator himself. Of course the book has some really hot sex scenes describing lovemaking between the younger woman, Meri, and her husband Nathan and between the senator and his wife and some of his paramours. However, the adequate characterization and steamy descriptions don't make up for the lack of any real plot or any real motivation for the characters. Told through the eyes of the women, what this novel really needs is a man't point of view.
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