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Joanna's Husband and David's Wife
Joanna's Husband and David's Wife
Author: Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey
David thought her knew Joanna. After 25 years why wouldn't he? But when he finds the journals she has kept throughout their marriage, everything he ever held true is up for grabs. the book reveals the inner workings of a marriage from both points of view, the husband's and the wife's, uniquely captured in freeze-frames from the pages of a diary.
ISBN: 288310
Publication Date: 1986
Pages: 311
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3.5 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: Delacorte press
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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reviewed Joanna's Husband and David's Wife on + 404 more book reviews
"After her mother suddenly leaves home, teenager Julia Scott is given Joanna Scott's journal recording the abiding passion and the tribulations that she and her husband David experienced since their marriage in the 1950s. Interspersed throughout the entries are David's wry, incisive comments." clever format, good book.
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He thought he could read her mind...until he read her diary.

David thought he knew Joanna. After twenty-five years, why wouldnt he? But when he finds the journals she has kept through their marriage, he discovers a woman with secrets... A woman he's losing And only now does he discover why.

A Profoundly intimate portrait in a time when the meaning of marriage has irrevocably changed for us all.


This is a really good book. I loved it, I hope whoever gets it from me loves it just as much.
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This book is very good. A husband reads his wifes diary that she has kept for the 25 yrs theyve been married. He thought he knew her, now he sees that he is losing her and why...
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I read this book a quite a few years ago, but remember liking it quite a bit.


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