Laura Rider's Masterpiece
by:
Jane Hamilton (author)
Jane Hamilton's Book of Ruth was an Oprah's Book Club selection, but this Wisconsin native obviously isn't resting on her laurels. This ambitious novel tracks the odd strategies of Laura Rider, a farmer's wife who has decided to become an author. To generate reader-pleasing subject matter, Laura...
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Jane Hamilton's Book of Ruth was an Oprah's Book Club selection, but this Wisconsin native obviously isn't resting on her laurels. This ambitious novel tracks the odd strategies of Laura Rider, a farmer's wife who has decided to become an author. To generate reader-pleasing subject matter, Laura decides to slyly lead her husband of 12 years into an affair with a local radio host. Her unholy experiment works, but with unexpected consequences. The fascinating story of a stage-managed ménage a trois.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780446538947 (0446538949)
Publish date: March 3rd 2010
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Pages no: 240
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Adult Fiction,
Romance,
Literary Fiction,
Adult,
Contemporary,
Womens Fiction,
Chick Lit,
Marriage
Once in a while I pick up a piece of contemporary literary fiction, just to keep my hand in for the purposes of reader's advisory, or to see what's out there and confirm that I'd rather be reading Fantasy & Science Fiction. Almost inevitably, as was the case with Jane Hamilton's Laura Rider's Master...
This was a quick read that kept me busy on an airplane and keeping my interest on a plane is hard to do since I am a nervous flyer. There is a lot of humor and sly references about writing and life in general. I liked the characters of Laura and Charlie, but thought Charlie was a bit one flat. Th...
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