Notes from the Country Club

by Kim Wozencraft

In a story of love gone tragically wrong, a young woman marries the man of her dreams and ends up on trial for his murder, held in a Correctional Institution where she relives his escalating abuse through chilling flashbacks. Reprint.

Genres: Fiction

Paperback

First published January 1, 1988

About the author

KIM WOZENCRAFT’S latest novel is NEGLECT, from Arcade/Simon and Schuster. Wozencraft is the author of the internationally best-selling novel Rush, which was adapted into a major motion picture starring Jennifer Jason Leigh. Neglect is her sixth novel.

Her work has appeared in The Best American Essays, Texas Monthly, the Los Angeles Times, and numerous literary magazines and anthologies. She was executive editor at Prison Life magazine and has written for HBO Films. Kim holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from Columbia University and lives in the Hudson Valley region of New York, where she raised three children. She currently teaches English literature and writing courses at SUNY New Paltz and SUNY Ulster.

Reviews

[Kristy · Rating 1 out of 5]

I could not get in to this book. The premise was interesting, but the author did not execute the story well at all. I was not invested in the main character and I was not going to be. I made it to about half way through the book and I still felt like the story hadn't begun, yet. I had to put this book down; there are just way too many books to waste time on one that I'm not invested in.

[Sergio · Rating 2 out of 5]

Un romanzo "leggero" nonostante l'argomento tragico: non mi ha entusiasmato fin dalle prime pagine, manca di quel pathos necessario per affrontare un argomento così scottante

[Dee Schwinn · Rating 2 out of 5]

I understand that this woman went through much pain and suffering and the way this book was written was her attempt at shedding light on the horror. It seemed to me that the materials in the middle did not mesh with the ending. Also it does not speak well of our prison system and procedures to see if someone is mentally competent to stand trial.

[Connie T. · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is hard to get into. Is it the author's writing style or the fact that Cynthia, the main character, is an unreliable narrator and we aren't sure what to believe? The story does pick up and the writing improves towards the end. I would've loved this book if the whole thing was the same caliber as the end.

[Jenn · Rating 4 out of 5]

I liked this one a lot better than her later book "Wanted." I felt this one was written much better. While reading this, I felt it could have been someone's biography.

[Sue · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book took a long time to get to the point. It seemed like a combination of Girl Interrupted and One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.