How To Be a Good Wife

A haunting read. I wonder what it tells about our society that we find such stuff titillating but not altogether unbelievable. Nothing flattering, I'm sure. As for the double entendre ending, I don't think it's all that double. This quote (full spoiler alert!) is rather telling: (view spoiler)[ Q: I stare at him. ‘ (hide spoiler)]......more

HOW TO BE A GOOD WIFE: Make your home a place of peace and order. Your husband belongs in the outside world. The house is your domain, and your responsibility. Let your husband take care of the correspondence and finances of the household. Make it your job to be pretty and gay. Hmmmmm I didn't go b......more

In an unspecific Scandinavian setting, a woman called Marta is beginning to remember strange things. The book opens with her realising - with some surprise at herself - that she is a smoker. As the story progresses, she starts to be haunted by increasingly strong and bizarre visions of a young girl,......more