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The Good Mother
The Good Mother
Author: Sue Miller
In "The GOod Mother", the brilliant new novelist Sue Miller gives us a tragic conflict not between good and evil but between two powerful sets of feelings, the erotic and the maternal. We share Anna's dazed recognition of her plight, her loyalties to Molly and Leo that now cruelly divide her, her anger, confusion, feat, and grief. But we share...  more »
ISBN: 311791
Publication Date: 1/1986
Pages: 310
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Publisher: Harper & Row
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 3
It took me a while to get into this book, and it was a slow read throughout.
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Helpful Score: 2
Excellent book. I would recommend it to anyone!
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Helpful Score: 2
"The Good Mother is the story of a good mother who made some poor choices.
Anna Dunlap is a recently divorced woman with a young daughter, Molly. They live together in a small apartment in Cambridge, and they are reasonably happy together, and then Anna meets Leo. Leo is an artist, a free spirit, and Anna begins to lose herself in her relationship with Leo, losing herself so much that she often "forgets" Molly. This absentmindedness of Anna's costs her more than she could ever imagine, when her ex-husband, Brian, takes her to court for full custody of Molly.
The Good Mother is an excellent story and a must read for any mother, especially those who are separated or divorced.
... some of the sex was a bit graphic for me
... found The Good Mother very difficult to put down, and a fascinating glimpse into the psyche of Anna Dunlap." amazon review
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This amazing book made me cry and to know a certain empathy as a mother
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One of those rare novels you live rather then just read.
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Recently divorced, Anna Dunlop has two passionate attachments: Molly, her four-year-old daughter, and her lover, Leo, the man who has made her feel beautiful - and sexual - for the first time in a long, long time. Swept away by happiness and passion, Anna feels that she has everything she needs in her life. Almost blind to certain changes around her, Anna will soon find that these shocking changes will threaten her new love, her new "family" and will eventually force her to prove she is a good mother.

I am not entirely sure, but I think that I may have read this book many, many years ago. Some of the scenes in it seemed slightly familiar to me, but I don't think that my having read it before affected my rereading of the book too much - I still couldn't remember the ending of the story! :) I loved this book and give it top marks, even though I found the sex scenes in the book almost too graphic for me.

I understand that the book needed to be graphic to make the plot work, however I guess I was just not that used to having such scenes be so descriptive. I found this book to be well written and very engrossing though, and would certainly recommend this book to other readers. I give this book an A+! and look forward to reading more books by Sue Miller in the future.
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Book contained too many sexual innuendos - not what I expected. Didn't care for the ending - it left me feeling apathy for the mother.
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Sue Miller is an excellent writer. Her character studies are very precise.
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This book was slow and really a disappointment. I kept reading it because it had parts that were promising, but it never delivered. I would not suggest it.
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A wonderfully written book, that really keeps you thinking about what you would do in her situation.


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