The Paper Wife

by Linda Spalding

Book Overview

In the midst of the excesses of the 1960s and the horrors of the Vietnam War, Lily Granger betrays her best friend, Kate, by sleeping with Kate's boyfriend, Turner. She becomes pregnant, and to hide... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880014539
• ISBN13: 9780880014533
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Length: 238 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Beautifully Written Story. . .

It has been a few years since I read this book, but I remember so vividly how much I enjoyed it. I remember being in love with the characters and flying through the book in a night or two. Setting was outstanding and the ending was memorable. Definately a nice, quick read for anyone.

This book has to be read for its ending

All of the ususal hyperbole of a darn good tale applies here but just when you think that the dark, narcissistic, obsessive, neurotic and impossible characters can only end up floundering and lost and you truly expect only the most depressing outcome, the most wonderful thing happens, the book's surprise ending leaves you with a feeling of hope and redemption for them

Exquisitely written; a haunting,can't put it down story.

This is a story which weaves itself back and forth from a familiar, 60's sort of coming-of age setting any baby boomer will be spellbound by, to the dark, labyrinthine setting of the most remote Mexican hide-out,where characters retreat and simultaneously discover truths about themselves that could not be revealed if not for the isolation and spare existences that their desperation creates. This book is unforgettable... a realistic but nearly unthinkable chain of events that leave the reader aching to read one more page but needing at the same time to pause to ponder the author's storytelling mysteries. Most highly recommended... keep it away from Oprah, though...it's TOO good for the masses