Falling Bodies

by Sue Kaufman

Statistically speaking, 14 years is a long time to be married to anyone these days. Perhaps Emma Sohier was lucky to have chalked up that many. All seemed well until her "rough" the year her mother died and Emma herself landed in the hospital with FUO--fever of unknown origin. Her husband turned kinky, and her son started picking through New York City garbage pails.

Genres: Fiction

270 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Kaufman was born in Long Island, New York. She received her degree from Vassar College in 1947. In 1953 she married a doctor named Jeremiah Abraham Barondess with whom she had a son. At Vasser she did some editorial work and went on to writing. Her works appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Paris Review, and The Saturday Evening Post. Her first novel came out in 1959. In 1967 she wrote Diary of a Mad Housewife, which would be filmed as Diary of a Mad Housewife. She died in Manhattan in 1977, at the age of 50, after a long illness.[1] The Sue Kaufman Prize for First Fiction is named in her honor.

Reviews

[P N · Rating 3 out of 5]

The writing kept me turning the pages, waiting for something to happen, become clear. The book was a product of its time (1970's). Unlikable characters, only dysfunctional relationships. Nothing gets resolved or defined with any clarity. The author leaves much for readers to decipher and that's fine now and then.

[Kris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Don't waste your reading this book.