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Wifey
Wifey
Author: Judy Blume
Sandy Pressman is a 32 yr old New Jersery Housewife with everything-and nothing. On the surface her life bears all the hallmarks of success, including the right husband, children, house and country club. But below this glossy facade lie the shreds of what should have been Sandy's life. Though she's shomething of a hypochondriac, Shandy knows ...  more »
ISBN: 336923
Publication Date: 1978
Pages: 215
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3 stars, based on 1 rating
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Sons
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Helpful Score: 4
If you like Judy Blume you will enjoy this book
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Helpful Score: 4
I am a huge fan of Judy Blume. This was the first of her "adult" novels I read when I was about 18 and I'll always be a fan.
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Helpful Score: 4
Strange book. I flew through it pretty darn quick. I didn't come to like the characters, didn't like what they did, didn't feel that all of those situations would come together like that at the same time... It was just weird.
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Helpful Score: 4
The best part of Wifey was that it created a portrait of the typical 50's wife, trapped by a husband of the time period. Her situation was written so vividly, I could feel her angst. The husband's character is developed by the comments he makes to her which just made me sick. If you want to know why we had Women's lib...read this book to see what it was like in the 50's.
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Helpful Score: 3
This is a fairly racy book, but it has a great overall message! It's a fast read.
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This book was a good read, a little far fetched but still good.
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Sexually graphic and dated to the 70's.
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i absolutely loved this book. the things she got herself into! the way judy blume told the story was perfect. it was raw, real, and shocking at times but still great!
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This is not the Judy Blume of my childhood, but still very good.
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Funny yet raunchy.
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Wifey is a refreshing view of marriage in the 60's. Sandy's (the main character) view on the choices she has made and how she will change the course of her life now that she has made those choices is very funny and realistic. Even today it's a good idea to look back on how you got where you are today and where you will continue for tomorrow.
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A classic, somewhat smutty, and really funny.
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Light reading, good book and a good summer read.
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This is definitely an adult book. Not to be read by children. Very hard to put down after I started to read it.
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provocative and exciting!!!
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Great novel for a bit of female empowerment
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Sandi is a very likable character. A good read, but a little dissapointed at the end.
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I could barely put this book down. It took me less than three days to finish it. Judy Blume really says what alot of people deny they are thinking. I was, however, a little let down by the very end. I thought it left room for possibility but kind of came to an abrupt stop. Very good though.
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I thought this book was going to be a bust becasue of the cover (it was a little dated) but it was awesome. I really liked the way that Judy Blume writes. I have never read her but I will continue to read her work. Good book!
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Written in the late 70's it is a bit dated but it is a fun easy read. I found myself laughing out loud and Sandy's situations. Even though its from the 70's it is still relatable, fun and easy.


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