· One of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer’s most beloved books—an “acerbically funny” (Entertainment Weekly) and “intelligent portrait of deception” (The New York Times). The Wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan, and the secret they’ve kept for decades. The novel opens just as Joe is about to receive a Brand: Pocket Books. · THE WIFE. by Meg Wolitzer ‧ RELEASE DATE: Ap. Forty-five years of a bad marriage laid out in pat detail, by the author, most recently, of Surrender Dorothy (). On the way to Helsinki, where her novelist husband Joe is to receive a major literary award, year-old Joan Castleman relives their years together as she steels herself to tell Joe she’s leaving him. The Wife. Meg Wolitzer, Simon Schuster. pp. ISBN Summary. "The moment I decided to leave him, the moment I thought, enough, we were thirty-five thousand feet above the ocean, hurtling forward but giving the illusion of stillness and tranquility. Just like our marriage." So opens Meg Wolitzer's compelling and provocative novel The Wife, as Joan Castleman sits beside .
Introduction. Now a major motion picture starring Glenn Close in her Golden Globe-winning role! One of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer's most beloved books—an "acerbically funny" (Entertainment Weekly) and "intelligent portrait of deception" (The New York Times).The Wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan. Now a major motion picture starring Glenn Close in her Golden Globe-winning role One of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer's most beloved books--an "acerbically funny" (Entertainment Weekly) and "intelligent portrait of deception" (The New York Times). The Wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan, and the secret they've. Close was being honored as best actress (drama) for her performance in the motion picture, The Wife, based on Meg Wolitzer's novel of the same name. Close is also one of the nominees for an Oscar in the best actress category at the Academy awards ceremony in February
The Wife is a novel by American writer Meg Wolitzer. The book was adapted into a film released in , directed by Björn L. Runge, written by Jane Anderson, and starring Glenn Close, Jonathan Pryce, and Christian Slater. One of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer’s most beloved books—an “acerbically funny” (Entertainment Weekly) and “intelligent portrait of deception” (The New York Times). The Wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan, and the secret they’ve kept for decades. The novel opens just as Joe is about to receive a prestigious international award, The Helsinki Prize, to honor his career as one of America’s. A good written novel, a story of wrong compromises and sacrifices at life the narrator, Joan the wife, has been married to successful author Joseph Castleman for over forty years, they were traveling where Joseph will receive a major literary award, but she has finally decided to leave him the story of the Castleman couple is told in a series of flashbacks the begining of their relationships in the mid 50s, Joe's success and fame, their children, and while Joan was trying to be a supportive.
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