The Paper Anniversary

by Joan Wickersham

Book Overview

From Simon & Schuster, The Paper Anniversary is a wonderfully real, sexy, surprising romance--a modern comedy of conjugal errors. Jack and Maisie had a beautiful thing going, until life and marriage... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670840645
• ISBN13: 9780670840649
• Release Date: April 1993
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.9" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

The only book I have ever read twice.

The first thing I did after I finished this book was to email the author and tell her how much I enjoyed it. She was gracious enough to respond with her gratitude. I hope she continues writting others. It has been too long a wait.

Marvelously written

It is such a pleasure to read this book. Well crafted characters that you come to know well. Superb book!

This "Anniversary" is Worthy of a Major Celebration

Couldn't think of any better way to begin this review than to borrow from the titles of the three previous reviews: I loved this book, it's a shame it's out of print, and I hope the author writes another. This is a very absorbing, comforting read, and I'd have to say it was one of my favorite books of the 1990s (and I read approximately 500 books a decade), since it was somehow instrumental in soothing me after the death of my beloved cat. Don't miss this one.

It's a shame this book is out of print ...

... because it's a finely crafted, gracefully written first novel that showed a whole lot of promise for Wickersham back in the mid-90s. Maybe the nicest thing about the book is that, given a subject matter (young love on the rocks) that lends itself to sentimentality, and a location (small town New England) that lends itself to preciousness, Wickersham firmly rejects both tiresome flaws. I agree with the reviewer who said that the story upon which this book was based was strong enough on its own; but the birthing scene that ends the story has got to be the gutsiest, gnarliest, most unflinching portrayal of labor ever put down on paper. I hope we'll see more of Wickersham's work, if only so that this novel gets another chance to see the light of day.

I loved this book

It's rare for me to read a book of this type and find it hard to put down. It's not a thriller, by any means, but it is so well written and the characters are so engaging that I wanted to put everything aside and lose myself in another few chapters. The few plot surprises are enthralling. BUt mostly, the author delivers page by page with strong character development. I hope Joan writes many more. She is an extremely talented writer.