Wifey

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Summary: The consequences of boredom & fantasy......
Review: I enjoyed this read about a bored housewife. She has settled into a routine of children and saturday sex. When her children go off to summer camp she begins to wonder why her life is not fullfilled emotionally and sexually.

I was drawn into the book by the very first chapter when a motorcycle man drives up early in the morning and pleases himself on Sandy's lawn while she idly watches him from her bedroom window. Sandy begins to wonder what she is doing with her husband Norman and begins fantasizing about her old boyfriend Shep. The entire summer showcases Sandy's sexual awakening and extra marital affairs. But like all things there are emotional and physical consequences.

This book was very Jong-like (Erica Jong author of fear of flying) full of emotion and personal exploration as another reviewer also mentioned. This book was well written by a talented woman, Judy Blume. I never had the privledge to read her childrens books but I imagine they were good.

I too was disappointed in the ending but the book definetly demontrated the importance of communication and tenderness in marriage. All in all I read the book from cover to cover and enjoyed Sandy's journey.

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Summary: Escapist but disappointing
Review: Children's author Judy Blume steps into Erica Jong (Fear of Flying) territory with Wifey, a highly sexual portrait of an unhappy housewife. Sandy is married to Norman (a hilariously drawn character of a lout), who satisfies none of the Sandy's needs. Her memories lead her back to an old boyfriend named Shep, as well as a couple of friends and neighbors, not to mention the strange naked man on the motorcycle pleasing himself outside her front window.

While Wifey was a quick read, I didn't really bring anything from it. Perhaps it is merely dated. Set in 1970, there is none of the modern feeling of deserving to be happy whatever the cost. Sandy is an old-fashioned wife who feels it would be wrong to leave her husband. Plus, her Jewish mother brings a lot of guilt along for the ride. There just wasn't much reality to the whole show. But maybe that was the point and Wifey is simply an escapist novel. I certainly read it for that purpose, so I suppose in that way it is a success. But the ending was so annoying that it all but ruined the entire experience.

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Summary: Dirty minded woman finds herself
Review: "Wifey" by Judy Blume is about a common housewife, Sandy. She and her husband of twelve years, Norman, have two children together. She has never had to work a day in her life because Norman has a very successful job. After sending the kids away to a summer camp, Sandy has nothing to do with all of her spare time and begins to question whether she is happily married or not. She is sick of the daily routine, the cooking, the cleaning, and making love only every Saturday night, every time the same. She wants the things that Norman can't give her. Her dirty mind begins wandering as she explores life's possibilities.

Blume was very successful in the mood and style of this writing. She touches on the inner feelings of a woman and shows that being happy isn't limited to money and success. Blume is successful at showing what her character turns to when she doesn't get all of the intimacy and affection that she deserves. This book has many interesting twists and turns and is thoroughly enjoyable.

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Summary: A Fantastic, Fun Read
Review: My entertainment attorney has been talking about this book for more than a year and when I spotted one copy on the shelf, I had to pick it up and dig into it that very same night. I truly enjoyed the novel from page one, and I thought the main character was purely delightful. A woman that had been repressed sexually by her husband for the entire length of their marriage who finally decided to take a walk on the wild side. Norman, the husband that didn't believe in sexual adventure, was a study in what is wrong with dominant men who think they run the show. Judy Blume is a wonderful author and one of my personal favorites.

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Summary: disappointing
Review: Even for casual "guilty-pleasure" sort of reading, this was very disappointing. I enjoyed Summer Sisters, and of course, Judy Blume bks. I read growing up. This was very depressing and I found it somewhat disgusting. I gave it 2 stars, only because I have to be honest and say it was entertaining, but in a Jerry Springer sort of way. I don't know if I should even try Smart Women....but according to someone elses review, it was better, so I'll give it shot!

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Summary: A complete waste of time, money and ink
Review: This book was in a beach house I was renting, and I picked it up. Oops. Judy Blume cannot write. The characters are total stereotypes -- there is not one original thought in the entire book. None of the characters have any maturity, perspective, intelligence or judgment. It's hard to overstate how irritating this book is to read. Every one of the main characters is a Jewish suburbanite from New Jersey -- hardly a compelling set of personalities. Even the sex scenes are badly done. This book is just wretched -- predictable, shallow, like a cartoon. A bad cartoon. It's the literary equivalent of the little card in the seat pocket on the plane with instructions on how to use the life vest --it's about that superficial.

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Summary: Bored with being a housewife?
Review: I loved Judy Blume in highschool so now that I'm all grown up and mom's not around to steal the book because it's smut I shouldn't read, I decided to give Wifey a try. It starts out very intense and I can almost but not quite relate to what Sandy is feeling. She's bored with her routines and her life. However her husband has issues! Anyone that obsessed with everyone in the house's bowel movements needs a good psychologist fast!
However, Sandy makes some odd choices that the reader may or may not agree with. Unlike a lot of books out there, the entire truth never gets found out by her husband or her sister and that brings down the ending just a bit. After her choices it's a little difficult to continue reading. Written well, but you just don't feel the empathy for Sandy that you did in the beginning. Of course, there are several "down and dirty" moments for your reading pleasure that add some spice to the novel, I only wish the spice would have stayed within the bounds of her marriage,which would have made this much more enjoyable.

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Summary: Could've had a better ending.....
Review: I read this book in only about 4 hours. I couldn't put it down and was disappointed at the ending. The main character is just realizing that she is able to make her own decisions if she only gets some courage and agressiveness. I thought the storyline was very true to life for the time period it was written (early 1970's). The fact that Judy Blume was so sexually explicit was a little disturbing at first, but you get used to it after about the second chapter. Its a great read!!

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Summary: Interesting, Never Dull Moments
Review: I enjoyed this book. A lot of the situations that arise in this characters life leave me a bit angered towards her and some of the people around her, but I could not put the book down till it was done.

The ending left me with my mouth hanging down to the ground.

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Summary: Disturbing..
Review: I have never been so disturbed by a book in my life. I used to love Judy Blume when I was a kid. I remember being in elementary school and my 3rd grade teacher reading us Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Super Fudge. So, when I was 23 and saw an adult Judy Blume book I picked it up mainly out of nostalgia. This was an author that I loved as a child and thought she was writing this just for me.

boy was I deluded. lol It's a really good book, but I just had the creepiest feeling while reading it. It just felt so wrong to me. I had the hardest time finishing it. I think as long as you've never read any of her kid's books when you were a child you should be fine reading this one.