Starting Over

by Dan Wakefield

A man and woman who are both divorced become friends and grow to depend on each other for their personal survival

Genres: Fiction, Novels

Mass Market Paperback

First published January 1, 1972

Reviews

[Lawrence Block · Rating 5 out of 5]

I re-read this book in anticipation of a meeting with the author, a Facebook friend with whom I have friends and acquaintances in common. I read it the first time when it came out in paperback in 1974, loved it then, read it again sometime in the 80s, and found it held up just fine. I never saw the Burt Reynolds film, and am just as glad. The book's terrific.

[Paul Wilner · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book; turned into a so bad it's good movie with Burt Reynolds.

[Bob Box · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in 1978. Man thinks his life will change for the better after his divorce then reality sets in. Later came the Paramount movie.

[The Celtic Rebel (Richard) · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book after the movie got a lot of hype around Oscar time. I had not seen the movie but the way it was described it sounded like something I would enjoy reading. I absolutely loved the book. It was a few years later when I got to see the movie for the first time.

I was so shocked. The movie and the book are so different. I loved the book but only liked the movie basically for the performances. While the movie was a nice a romantic comedy, the book was funnier in the way it portrayed the trials and tribulations of a newly divorced man in his 30's trying to start all over the sexual revolution of the 1970s. The situations he found himself in at times were so hilarious and definitely a social commentary of the time by Dan Wakefield.

The book is excellent, and my favorite of all the books I have read by Dan Wakefield.