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Jan 1, 1999 · Jo Becker has every reason to be content. She has three dynamic daughters, a loving marriage, and a rewarding career. But she feels a sense of unease. Then an old housemate reappears, sending Jo back to a distant past when she lived in a communal house in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
May 12, 2000 · “[While I Was Gone] swoops gracefully between the past and the present, between a woman’s complex feelings about her husband and her equally complex fantasies–and fears–about another man. . . .
While I Was Gone is a 1999 novel by Sue Miller. It was chosen as an Oprah's Book Club selection in May 2000. [ 1] Background. Miller conceived of While I Was Gone while in the middle of writing a memoir of her father's battle with Alzheimer's disease.
Feb 1, 1999 · While I Was Gone is an exquisitely suspenseful novel about how quickly and casually a marriage can be destroyed, how a good wife can find herself placing all she holds dear at risk. In expert strokes, Sue Miller captures the precariousness of even the strongest ties, the ease with which we abandon each other, and our need to be forgiven.
Feb 1, 1999 · While I Was Gone. Hardcover – February 1, 1999. A decade ago she put a face on every mother's worst nightmare with her phenomenal best-seller The Good Mother. Now, Sue Miller delivers a spellbinding novel of love and betrayal that explores what it means to be a good wife.
Aug 26, 2008 · While I Was Gone. by Sue Miller. Announced May 26, 2000. About the Book. A decade ago she put a face on every mother's worst nightmare with her phenomenal best-seller The Good Mother. Now, Sue Miller delivers a spellbinding novel of love and betrayal that explores what it means to be a good wife.
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Nov 26, 2002 · While I Was Gone is a superbly suspenseful novel about how quickly a marriage can be ruined, how a devoted wife finds herself putting at risk all she holds dear. Sue Miller encapsulates the instability of even the strongest bonds, the carelessness with which we use to abandon each other, leaving us the need to be forgiven.
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May 12, 2000 · But no one need find forgiveness for Miller's latest novel, While I Was Gone, which is the author's best effort in years. The story centers on Jo Becker, preacher's wife, mother, and veterinarian in a small town in western Massachusetts.
While I Was Gone. Jo Becker has every reason to be content. She has three dynamic daughters, a loving marriage, and a rewarding career. But she feels a sense of unease. Then an old housemate reappears, sending Jo back to a distant past when she lived in a communal house in Cambridge, Massachusetts.