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Book Review of The Wife

The Wife
The Wife
Author: Meg Wolitzer
Genre: Literature & Fiction
Book Type: Paperback
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The Wife is a sad chronicle of a woman's life from her early college years to the end of her marriage. Her insecurities and doubts allowed her to feed the enormous appetite of a narcissistic, self-absorbed man. She chose to subjugate her talents, her self respect and her instincts as a mother to a man whose selfish egotism knew no bounds. He was despicable and she enabled him. The ending is a fitting tribute to their fifty-year marriage.