We've a few reviews of Meg Wolitzer's books and I think most people are going to love them. I'd like to thank the publishers for sending a copy to the Bookbag. If you think that wouldn't worry you then add half a star. It felt contrived and leant just a little too much towards fantasy for my taste. I didn't like the device of the spell which spreads through the town. My only reservation is with the plot and I'm quite prepared to accept that it's me being unreasonable. She has the marvellous talent of writing about ordinary people – and letting them be gloriously ordinary. The women are stronger than the men, but with as good a writer as Wolitzer, such matters are relative. I loved the characters – particularly Dory Lang who might be an excellent teacher but is still just a little bit too much the mother on occasions and Willa, her daughter. I thought it was provocative and delightfully insightful about how men and women relate to each other. The Sunday Times is quoted as saying that Wolitzer could describe paint drying and make it funny. The book started with something of a disadvantage. When The Uncoupling arrived the time was obviously ripe. My reading experience would not be complete until I had done so. Dory and Robby are one of the first to be affected.įor quite a while now one of our reviewers has been telling me that I really must read Meg Wolitzer.
That's no just no more sex until… – it's no more sex. Now here's a strange thing: a spell is going to spread through the town and the women will find the touch of their husbands – or boyfriends – repulsive and there will be no more sex. It's Lysistrata and whilst the drama teacher has to tone it down a little it still the play about the women who refuse to have sex with their men until they call a halt to the war they're fighting. It's sometimes difficult to have your parent teaching at your school, but everything seems to rub along reasonably well and Dory was delighted when daughter Willa got a part in the school play. They're both popular teachers at Eleanor Roosevelt High School ('Elro' to those who know it well) where their daughter is a student. They're not just lovers, they're best friends too and they never seem to tire of each other.
Brilliant writing and insightful.ĭory and Robby Lang had one of those marriages that everyone envies.
Summary: A spell threads its way through town and women find their husbands' and boyfriends' touches repulsive.
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