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The wife [electronic resource] : A Novel. Meg Wolitzer.

Wolitzer, Meg. (Author). Harvey, Dawn. (Added Author).

Summary:

Meg Wolitzer brings her characteristic wit and intelligence to a provocative story about the evolution of a marriage, the nature of partnership, the question of a male or female sensibility, and the place for an ambitious woman in a man's world.The moment Joan Castleman decides to leave her husband, they are thirty-five thousand feet above the ocean on a flight to Helsinki. Joan's husband Joseph is one of America's preeminent novelists, about to receive a prestigious international award, and Joan, who has spent forty years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, has finally decided to stop. From this gripping opening, Meg Wolitzer flashes back to Smith College and Greenwich Village in the 1950s and follows the course of the marriage that has brought the couple to this breaking point—one that results in a shocking revelation.With her skillful storytelling and pitch-perfect observations, Wolitzer has crafted a wise and candid look...

Electronic resources

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781504603188
  • Physical Description: 1 online resource (10 audio files) : digital
  • Edition: Unabridged.
  • Publisher: Ashland : Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Buck 50 Productions, LLC, 2015.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Unabridged.
Participant or Performer Note:
Narrator: Dawn Harvey.
System Details Note:
Requires OverDrive Listen (file size: N/A KB) or OverDrive app (file size: 229412 KB).
Subject:
Literature.
Fiction.

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