The Good Mother

bailed

Adult on child sexual abuse is a hard pass for me, especially if that‘s what the whole second half is going to revolve around. DNF at 52%. #doublespin 💔😢

Suet624, TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Sounds like a good decision 😕 11mo

Megabooks @TheAromaofBooks yeah ☹️ 11mo

Megabooks #roll100 @PuddleJumper 11mo

See All 8 Comments

Suet624 There were just so many things I disliked about this book but I would have to write an essay to explain my issues with the book. 11mo

Megabooks @Suet624 I felt like she was punished for enjoying sex. Like she‘s gotten her groove back but boom that makes her a horrible, thoughtless mother all of a sudden. 👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻👎🏻 11mo

Suet624 That‘s it EXACTLY but I wasn‘t sure how to put that into words. It really pissed me off. I was a single mom when I read the book and I felt as though the book was saying I was a bad mother if I found a guy who actually liked my child too. And no sex for me until my daughter moved out of the house. 11mo

Megabooks @Suet624 right? At first I kind of liked her portrayal of an amicable divorce, but just because a man gets along with your child and satisfies you sexually doesn‘t automatically make him creepy or with ill intent. 🙄 it really sent the wrong message. 11mo

Suet624 I‘m so glad to hear you say all this. I figured I was the only one who felt this way. 11mo

63 likes8 comments

Megabooks

The Good Mother | Sue Miller

My #bookspin and #doublespin, and some of the other books I‘m choosing from. I‘m thinking of doing a bingo board for the first time in months, too!

I‘m already ⅓ into Good Mother, which is a #roll100 choice, and Lake House is for #AuthorAMonth! 👍🏻🎉

TheAromaofBooks

Caryl I love your rainbow of books! 📚 11mo

BarbaraBB Love the monthly shelf! Curious about

My Husband: A Novel

11mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! Enjoy!! 11mo

AmyG I just finished Lake House. Wonderful. 11mo

Megabooks @AmyG that‘s so good to hear! I‘ve never read Morton before. 11mo

65 likes5 comments

Megabooks

The Good Mother | Sue Miller

Here are the books I‘d like to get to for this year‘s last #roll100. The bottom three are audiobooks. I was hoping for some Sue Miller! So far, I‘ve finished 29 books and DNFed a few more. 👍🏻👍🏻 Thanks @PuddleJumper !! 😁❄️

PuddleJumper ❤️❤️ 11mo

Suet624 Years ago I had a very bad reaction to The Good Mother. :) I wonder how you'll feel about it. 11mo

Megabooks @Suet624 it sounds quite nightmarish from the jacket description. 😬 11mo

Suet624 I was a single mother at the time I read this book ... I'll say more after you read it. 11mo

61 likes4 comments

merelybookish

The Good Mother | Sue Miller

pick

Anna Dunlap was raised to be a good daughter but she failed to meet her mother's expectations. She fails too at being a good wife when she realizes her marriage is empty. What remains is to be a good mother, but that is also called into question after Anna develops a passionate relationship & must fight for custody of her daughter. A patient & careful character study that exposes the brutal sterility at the core of trying to be a good [blank].

merelybookish I read this for #192025 and thought its representation of divorce and single parenting might feel dated. And it did in some ways, although maybe not as much as I would have hoped. Also what it means to be a 'good' woman still feels relevant. @Librarybelle 12mo

Librarybelle Great review! 12mo

sarahbarnes Oof. 12mo

See All 6 Comments

BarbaraBB Great review. 12mo

merelybookish @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB Thank you! 12mo

merelybookish @sarahbarnes Yeah.. it's very subtle and so the gut punch builds. But oof is accurate. 12mo

60 likes1 stack add6 comments

merelybookish

The Good Mother | Sue Miller

This book is stressing me out. 😬 #192025

ShyBookOwl Yikes 12mo

45 likes1 comment

Hooked_on_books

The Good Mother | Sue Miller

pick

Anna and Brian decide to divorce with Anna retaining custody of Molly. When Anna later gets involved with Leo and starts to blossom sexually in a way she never did before, a sequence of events takes place revealing the hypocrisy of the treatment of women in our society. I thought this was really good. Miller focuses in on just a few characters in a way that really works.

Soubhiville I usually enjoy her writing too. 3y

Hooked_on_books @Soubhiville After this one and Monogamy, I‘m a true believer! She seems to like to explore human relationships, good, bad, and ugly, and I like that. I‘ll definitely be looking for more from her. 3y

43 likes1 stack add2 comments