Welcome to Litsy!

Thanks to @KarenUK for putting this on my #readersradar last night. (And for the #pop23 prompt! 😁) Set in the 1970s, a doctor‘s wife discovers her husband‘s affair and starts writing to the other woman‘s husband, and we also see letters between the doctor and his paramour.

It‘s only a short story / novella but still packs a punch and there‘s room for a bit of a twist too.

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An epistolary novella, set in the seventies….. A wife of a doctor discovers the evidence of the title. As she connects with the wronged husband on the other end of the affair, a friendship forms. Told through letters between both couples, it‘s a fairly straightforward story, but the ending has a satisfying conclusion.
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While most of this book left me feeling dizzy and astonished, I never for a moment felt it untrue. Karr writes with such clarity & honesty that EVERY CRAZY MOMENT seemed 100% authentic. A mixture of sadness and hilarity. A true storyteller. My biggest gripe, the jump from 1963 right into 1980. And I wanted more PHOTOS!!! I realize her follow up memoir, CHERRY must be those in between years. #setinthedecadeyouwereborn #pop18

It took me a while to get into this book, but once I did, I was hooked. This is a story, set in the 70s, that explores family dynamics, and the aftermath of a family tragedy.

Reading this brought me to a lot of self-reflection over the way I parent my daughter. Marilyn‘s drive to give her eldest daughter what she herself desired, at the sacrifice of Lydia‘s true wishes, reminds me of the tap dance I have done to try not to do that as a mother.