The Wife by Meg Wolitzer

What I knew about this book stemmed from people commenting on the writing. What that means to me is that the ways information is conveyed on the page is unique, thoughtful and not cliche. It means that no matter what the subject, a person will want to turn the page because the words are arranged just so that you the reader are being entrusted with something. There isn't any other fancy element to the story. You don't need a crazy plot or a mystery to see to the end or juicy gossipy chick literature. Good Writing can describe at length the art of typing and a reader will say, Hmmmm didn't realize typing could be so interesting. Anyway---- this book was like that. Yes it was about a marriage coming apart. yes it was about a writer, which perhaps is what drew me to open the cover but those are mundane topics, that like a comedian riffing on the perils of fatherhood, it never gets old as long as you know how to spin it. Wolitzer took an age old topic and told it her way and, despite it dragging (in my opinion) in certain places it was good. I enjoyed the assessment of the relationship told through the wife's eyes and the ending finding out that she was more involved then the reader was let on in the beginning. But the very end was, also in my opinion, a let down because it just seemed to tied up, neat and clean. But it was a good. I'm glad i read it even though i didn't enjoy The Ten Year Nap.