by Blume, Judy. With more than four million copies sold, Wifey is Judy Blume's hilarious, moving tale of a woman who trades in her conventional wifely duties for her wildest fantasies-and learns a lot about life along the way. Sandy Pressman is a nice suburban wife whose boredom is getting the best of her. · Judith Guest’s novel Ordinary People (the source text for the film directed by Robert Redford) serves as a perfect regional depiction of the things happening behind the closed doors of nice houses (think Updike’s Couples and Judy Blume’s “adult” novel, Wifey), Later, writers like Rick Moody (The Ice Storm), Jeffrey Eugenides (The Virgin Suicides), A.M. Homes (Music for Torching), and . 41 rows · Wifey PDF book by Judy Blume Read Online or Free Download in ePUB, PDF or MOBI /5.
Wifey is a American novel written by Judy Blume. Plot. The story follows the life of bored s New Jersey housewife "When Wifey was published some people thought I would never write another children's book, some thought I had written a real book at last, some were angry that I hadn't used a pseudonym, others that I even had such. Wifey by Judy Blume, Excellent Adult Read!!! Wifey by Judy Blume is the first out of her three books for adults that I have read. It is a great book but for adults only as it has sexual references and content. I purchased this book to try something new. "Wifey" was a great book, and a fast page-turner. I have been a fan of Judy Blume since I was in elementary school, and she has never disappointed me. "Wifey" is a story about the extracurricular and sexual activities of the well-off in suburban New Jersey, during a summer in the early s.
In the book Norman calls Sandy his little wifey. (I’ve heard people pronounce it whiffey. And once someone came to our house for dinner, saw the book and misread the title as White Feet.) Dedication. Claire Smith was my beloved agent. Phyllis Grann, my editor/publisher on Wifey. They encouraged me and believed in the book. Her first adult novel, Wifey, was released in the s and is precisely that adult. In many ways, it is difficult to tell that Wifey is written by the same author who brought us Blubber, Deenie and Forever. While Blume's books for children and young adults talk openly and seriously about a range of serious topics, Wifey is a sexy satire about a boring-as-bat-shit middle-class American women named Sandy who is unhappy with her role as a wife and mother and unhappier still with her. The story follows the life of bored s New Jersey housewife, Sandy Pressman, who decides to reinvigorate her life by having an extramarital affair with an old high school boyfriend. This decision is complicated when she accidentally discovers evidence her husband might be having a long-term affair. Somewhat emblematic of the time period of open marriages and different mores, this was the first novel by Blume to directly address adult lives and sexuality.
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