#LiteraryWives: The Constant Wife

Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: The Constant Wife

#LiteraryWives: The Harpy by Megan Hunter

Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: The Harpy by Megan Hunter

#LiteraryWives: State of the Union by Nick Hornby

Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Four times a year, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: State of the Union by Nick Hornby

#LiteraryWives: They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple

Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary Wives … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: They Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple

#LiteraryWives: First Love by Gwendoline Riley

Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary Wives … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: First Love by Gwendoline Riley

#LiteraryWives: A Lady and her Husband by Amber Reeves (1914)

Literary Wives is an on-line book group that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary Wives … Continue reading #LiteraryWives: A Lady and her Husband by Amber Reeves (1914)

The Widow’s Fire by Paul Butler: Exploring the Shadow Side of Jane Austen’s Persuasion

So you think Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth live happily ever after? Well, Paul Butler wasn't so sure. He saw a side of Mrs. Smith that the rest of us missed. Is she really the caring, innocent widow that Anne adores, or is she just manipulating us all into thinking she is? When James at … Continue reading The Widow’s Fire by Paul Butler: Exploring the Shadow Side of Jane Austen’s Persuasion

Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller

It's hard not to compare books by the same author. I was a little nervous going into Swimming Lessons, because I liked Our Endless Numbered Days so much. I couldn't help but wonder how she was going to top it. Or at least equal it. Well, she did. The stories are very different, but the … Continue reading Swimming Lessons by Claire Fuller

The Ballroom by Anna Hope

The Ballroom was as good as I was hoping it would be. Like Anna Hope's first book Wake, the story is told through alternating narrators: Ella, John and Charles. Ella and John are both patients at the Sharston mental institution, neither of them 'mad' or 'feeble-minded'. Just bad luck, really, has landed them there, at … Continue reading The Ballroom by Anna Hope

Literary Wives: How To Be A Good Wife by Emma Chapman

Literary Wives is an on-line book club that examines the meaning and role of wife in different books. Every other month, we post and discuss a book with this question in mind: What does this book say about wives or about the experience of being a wife? Don’t forget to check out the other members of Literary … Continue reading Literary Wives: How To Be A Good Wife by Emma Chapman