This story is steeped in nostalgia, and those are the parts I enjoyed the most - the lead character remembering her college years, and the descriptions of their house and town during a New England winter. I didn't really like sympathizing with the main character. I couldn't get into her brain. She is a preacher's wife who struggles with fidelity. Well, she doesn't struggle really - she doesn't even try that hard. She has a good relationship with her husband and they have a good sex life - so I really don't understand her yearning needs to get satisfaction elsewhere. I think the mid-life crisis excuses for infidelity are a bunch of baloney, and I didn't buy this one either.
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Book #39: 50 Book Challenge 2012
This story is steeped in nostalgia, and those are the parts I enjoyed the most - the lead character remembering her college years, and the descriptions of their house and town during a New England winter. I didn't really like sympathizing with the main character. I couldn't get into her brain. She is a preacher's wife who struggles with fidelity. Well, she doesn't struggle really - she doesn't even try that hard. She has a good relationship with her husband and they have a good sex life - so I really don't understand her yearning needs to get satisfaction elsewhere. I think the mid-life crisis excuses for infidelity are a bunch of baloney, and I didn't buy this one either.
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