Submitted by Peter Oberth on Friday, February 12, 2010 - 2:34PM
Entry Deadline: March 12, 2010 Title: The Wife's Tale Author: Genre: Fiction Publisher: Little, Brown and Company Pages: 368 Release Date: February 10, 2010 Lansens's hopeful and gentle third novel (after The Girls), opens in the same fictitious Ontario county as its predecessors, but the heroine's journey takes her to a vastly different landscape, both literally and spiritually. In Leaford, Mary Gooch's life is strictly circumscribed—she's even worn a rut in the carpet between the bed and the kitchen, so often has the 302-pound woman made the trip. So when Mary's handsome husband disappears on the eve of their silver wedding anniversary, Mary wonders whether her size or her aversion to adventure chased him off. With few clues, Mary leaves her small town for one of the first times in her life, venturing first to Toronto and then to the suburbs of Los Angeles, where a series of encounters with strangers shakes her out of her lethargy. Mary's journey may be too carefully mapped out, but she's a wonderful character, and Lansens's handling of her eventual transformation into someone capable of compassion and acceptance is handled with a light but assured touch. ENTER THE CONTEST BELOW...Enter to our free contest today for your chance to win! No Purchase Necessary. Void where prohibited. Open to legal residents 13 years of age and older. See Official Rules for details |
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