And then by chance i have a wonderful record of multiple life stories in my fathers college alumni records a history of the doings of all the members of his class as. Estella lost her father early, and her mother remarried for the sake of estellas future. Birthday information will only be seen by eden books admins to verify age. Miller expertly conveys the passage of time and the evolution of emotions, giving readers the sense of lives fully. My opinion the story revolves around meri and delias points of view through different periods mainly from 19931994, and occasionally in 19711972. The senators wife tells the story of two unconventional women whose lives become intertwined when the younger woman, meri, moves with. I think the senators wife is one of the best of millers works, challenged only by lost in the forest. Jan 23, 2008 novel explores world of senators wife dec.
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She was married to a traitor and he was a potential candidate for the oval office. In the 1940s, american artist alistair smith embarks on a fifteenyear affair with elizabeth calhoun, wife of senator teddy calhoun. Eden books reserves the right to delete accounts of those under age 18. In fact, i was interested in the book solely based on the premise in the blurb of a political wife embroiled in a scandal where her senator husband is divorcing her to marry his mistress. Once again sue miller takes us deep into the private lives of.
Jan 31, 2008 in the senators wife, we encounter two female protagonists at very different points in their married lives. Above all, however, it is the unique and captivating storyline that earns the books accolades. Unfortunately, estella had to pass through hard times and got married. Ronnie was raised in a poor, tornup family, with little love. A noveland millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Kevin had a job to do and it didnt include falling in love wi. Now all the glamour of politics cant make up for ronnies lonelinessor her husbands affairs. Delia wife of the twoterm liberal senator tom naughtonis meris new neighbor in the adjacent new england town house. The senators wife is a gray tale of two couples, neighbors sharing an east coast duplex in an upscale neighborhood. Jan, 2008 these are the questions sue miller addresses in her latest novel, the senators wife, a twofamily saga about life on either side of a twofamily house in the early years of the clinton. The senators wife book contra costa county library.
Aug 31, 2019 memoirs of the senators wife is an international best selling saga of a dark romance involving a handsome politician, a forbidden love affair between the politicians wife with a sensuous secret service agent, and the magic that influenced history. And when she discovered his constant need for other women, it was already too late. Initially, the characters are not very appealing, but as the story unfolds, readers will empathise and become fully engaged. The older has a most unconventional marriage to a wellknown retired senator. Two women, at different stages of their lives, are drawn together as neighbors sharing a duplex in new england. The two women grapple with the grief of emotionally and physically.
This novel takes that premise and runs with it from pillar to post. Apr 29, 2020 the senators wife is an exploration into the complexity of marriage, motherhood, politicians domestic lives, and a lesson on the expenses of betrayal, infidelity, and forgiveness. That karen robards wrote books with strong heroes and heroines and a good mix of action and romance. December 29, 2007 novelist sue millers latest book, the senators wife, revolves around the longsuffering wife of a promiscuous, charismatic politician and the idealistic young couple who move. Karen robards in mississippi, strategist tom quinlan is ordered to make a senators second wife less threatening.
For the senators wife, i read a couple of books about and by daniel patrick moynihan, because both his age and his politics seemed to me close to what i imagined for tom. The senators wife is millers latest extended contemplation of marriage, and a master class in the refinement of craft. When she fell for the dashing politician, the stars in. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the senators wife. The first event of the book is the purchasing of half of a duplex by meri and her husband nathan. Memoirs of the senators wife is a fascinating story of a girl named estella. The book is promising, and does create an absorbing character. Sue miller, novelistthe senators wife sue miller, novelist. Buy the senators wife by sue miller online at alibris. Reviews miller writes with tremendous subtlety and perception sue miller brings unusual skill in the exploration of womens hopes and regrets. The senators wife by karen robards i must admit this book fizzled with me. Tom naughton, we learn, is a rock star of a senator, who radiates a restless energy and who thrives on the adulation of crowds. Subsequent novels include three book of themonth main selections. The senators wife opens with a scene where a call girl who is participating in a sadomasochistic gang bang is anally raped, then killed.
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