She idolizes Jackie Kennedy, has fantasies about the guy who drives by on a motorcycle and wonders what ever happened to her exciting high school boyfriend, Shep.

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She starts by looking up her friend in New York with an open marriage, has an unexpected encounter with her brother-in-law, and eventually reunites with Shep, who is interested in going further than they did in high school. After saying all this, there is a part of me that wonders if I'm being too criticial of Blume's writing, in the light of her committment to stand up against censorship. I didn’t like Norman or his expectations of Sandy but I also didn’t care for her or many of the decisions she made. Everywhere she turns she's controlled and it's frustrating, especially at the end when you see that's just the way it is, and was, for women of the times then. More than 80 million copies of her books have been sold, and her work has been translated into thirty-one languages.Sandy’s actions, like those of her masturbating visitor, are sexually motivated, but random and inexplicable. I loathed every character in this book (who were poorly introduced by the way, and left me wondering if I missed something "Who ARE these people? Though Sandy’s desire to escape from her affluent suburban life deadened by dull friends and an even duller husband is evident, the book lacks the feminist heft of The Awakening or even Diary of a Mad Housewife, a book referenced in the novel.

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For example, Sandy’s outer narrative is the happy homemaker, and Blume’s inner narrative of her is the scared little girl who longs for sexual freedom. She has co-written and produced a film adaptation of her book Tiger Eyes, and is currently writing a new novel.Shaw’s overall deal with ABC Studios was suspended at that time, but according to sources she was eventually paid out the full amount of her deal after an internal investigation by the studio cleared her of wrongdoing. I was at an age where all the Judy Blume books were on my shelf - my favorite was Otherwise Known as Sheila The Great - but I knew this one was FOR ADULTS and so I should KEEP AWAY. Wifey looks at marriage, motherhood, and sex through the eyes of a sexually-frustrated housewife in the 1970s.

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I look at the dog-eared paperback rack at the library often, but am too embarrassed to check one out. i would probably ignore the kids as much as she does, but i would have a maid for them to play with, so whatever. We aren't a chapter into this book and I'm just certain that what we'll find that what Sandy really needs is an emotional connection, and that we'll wade through a story - perhaps a lurid story, I'm never really afraid of those - of someone who may or may not find what they're looking for. Ultimately, even if you look past all the garbage of Sandy’s fantasies and shallow turmoil, this book still commits the ultimate sin. She married a solidly employed guy, they had a couple of kids, they live in a 3 bedroom, she has a dinner schedule.

She’s dissatisfied with Norman’s stolid demeanor and his mechanical approach to sex, and she’s dissatisfied with her life. Wifey” chronicles one life-changing summer of Sandy Pressman, a 1970s suburban housewife whose predictable existence compels her to make her rich sexual fantasies a reality. In all fairness, there was sort-of a humorous part and I'm hoping it gets much much better after chapter four (I just wasn't going waste my time in any case). This book was real, and funny, and awkward, and terrible, and human, and made my face do weird things.

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Although it had been out for several years, my friends and I discovered in 8th or 9th grade that Judy Blume had a "new" book written for adults that was said to be dirty dirty DIRTY. My hunch is that this book had it's heyday when it was released and wasn't meant to really stand the test of time. At the same time, she is Blume’s symbol of the futility of women fighting for freedom in a biased world. Sandy dropped to her knees, barely peeking out the window, afraid, but fascinated, not just by the act itself, but by the style. She has also written three novels for adults, Summer Sisters; Smart Women; and Wifey, all of them New York Times bestsellers.Where The Awakening had a somewhat sympathetic protagonist, Wifey's main protagonist is just annoying and dare I say it, ignorant. I have been on the hold list for our e-book copy for months at this point, having been number three hundred something when I first joined.