Truth and Consequences

As someone whose marriage didn't make it through the changes and hardship that chronic illness (CI) adds to the already difficult proposition of figuring out how to spend a lifetime together, I thought this book was fascinating. It was a peek into the window of the lives of two couples dealing with......more

I really enjoyed this contemporary novel but if you peruse the GoodReads reviews you'll quickly see that not all readers shared this point of view. So, I'll lay my prejudices on the table: . . . I enjoy reading almost anything set in an academic environment; . . . I am looking for a reading "diet" tha......more

This novel has been described as a comedy of manners, a campus novel, a tale of double adultery....As far as I can see it, it's a novel about chronic pain and disability, and how they can kill love. In short, the story goes like this : Alan's back problem, first acute, now chronic, has turned him in......more

Allison Lurie never disappoints. This book isn't my favorite of hers but it was a good diversion. I feel like it could have used one more round of edits and maybe another 30-40 pages worth of elaboration overall. Abrupt ending.......more

Alan, made grumpy by his bad back is making it difficult for his wife Jane to be 'good', and their marriage is further threatened when the grotesquely self-centred Delia takes up a celebrity position at the University. Lurie understands humans, their pettiness and secret feelings, and the annoyance o......more