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Date Posted: 08:42:44 02/06/10 Sat
Author: TerriC
Subject: Perfection by Julie Metz

A male friend of mine sent me a NY Times article early last summer about recomended "chick lit" books. Two intrigued me - Perfection and Commencement. I bought both. Commencement was was touted as this generation's version of Mary McCarthy's The Group. Well, I read The Group and, to paraphrase George Bush, this was no The Group; don't bother - I wanted to smack the main characters silly. But, Perfection, which I've just gotten to (I put off reading it because the subject seemed so depressing) - OMG!!! It's a real-lfe memior of a woman whose husband dies suddenly when she's 43 and he's 44. I After 16 together - some rocky as they seem to fight constantly - she's devasted, as we all would be. But, she's even more devasted to discover via his emails that he's been having affairs for during the course of their marriage. It's like watching an accident - it's horrible, but you can't look away. The writing is wonderful, despite the topic. I couldn't put it down! One of the intriguing themes is the author's rebirth and her recreation of herself in the aftermath of her husband's death and her discovery of his infidelities. Despite the depressing topic, I highly recommend it. Her spirit and grit transcend the horror of her journey back to herself.

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