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Simone Gorrindo
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The Wives: A Memoir
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2024
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"One of my favorite reads this summer. Darkly funny while still being heartfelt."
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"having a hard time rating this because it was very captivating, i read it very quickly, and this is rooney's most ambitious novel, style-wise. but i found it incredibly depressing at times. the themes are less developed--the chess, wittgenstein. roon"
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"Interesting memoir about the wives in the military. Talks about the close knit community the develops because it has to. Enjoyed reading it. "
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“You did not need to let me essentially live in your house rent-free for the last few months, either,” I said. “I wanted to.” I thought the gift certificate was a small gesture, but Rachel looked flustered, even annoyed, as she placed it on the end table beside her, almost as though she were upset with me. Had I done something wrong? “I’ll miss you,” I said, and, to my surprise, she looked away. Rachel was usually so good at these kinds of heartfelt conversations, but maybe goodbyes were her Achilles’ heel. Maybe she was mad at me for leaving. Or perhaps just sad. Rachel could be happy for me and also a little bit brokenhearted. I could want to leave and stay. Andrew could wish he were here but want to deploy. Somehow, we all managed to hold these fragile paradoxes without breaking them.”
― The Wives: A Memoir
― The Wives: A Memoir
“In the last few days, a low-level friction had begun gnawing at my interactions with Rachel. “Can you please remember to turn the lights off?” she’d asked more than once, trying to hide the annoyance in her voice. “I can’t find anything in this fridge anymore,” she’d complained the other morning. I had started adding groceries to it and it was getting full.”
― The Wives: A Memoir
― The Wives: A Memoir
“For much of the deployment, I’d been distracting myself with slow walks around the park or downtown, but it was late June now, and too hot for that. So, I decided to stop by Hailey’s instead, where I found Chloe skipping around, chanting, “We’re going on a ghost tour!” Chloe was deep in a ghost obsession, and Hailey had promised her all the ghost tours she could handle on a weeklong trip to Savannah during post-deployment leave. Leaning against Hailey’s bar, I watched her aggressively scrub her dishes and wished I hadn’t come. I had the distinct feeling she was angry with me. I even asked her, point blank, if she was. “Boiling,” she said. It was her trademark sarcasm, but her voice had genuine bite. There were just a few weeks left of the deployment. The wives were frustrated and wrung out, and the air had become charged with these emotions.”
― The Wives: A Memoir
― The Wives: A Memoir
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A book club for women in the Columbus, Georgia area. I have already formed a few book clubs on goodreads, and they have filled up! If you are interest ...more
