- Mass Market Paperback: 432 pages
- Publisher: Fawcett; Reissue edition (April 1985)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0449206912
- ISBN-13: 978-0449206911
- Product Dimensions: 17.3 x 10.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 302,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Successful Boston cookbook author Daria Walker, whose greatest pleasures are her home and family -- and who loves her husband deeply -- is devastated to learn he wants a divorce. Now she must put her life back together. But as she strives to understand the life she is losing, Daria must face the shocking truth behind the smooth facade of her prominent attorney-husband, Ross -- and recreate her own values, her own sense of family, and herself.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As a man, my review of this book may be somewhat biased, but on the whole, I have to say that this is the best book I've read in a long time about any individual's personal quest to discover who he or she is.
Daria Walker is a cookbook writer who enjoys some small fame in the Boston area, and (this is important to the story) who also comes from a working-class background. Her husband, Ross, can be best described as the scum of the earth - he married Daria simply because he saw her as an ornament to his life and career, but now he's met a plain-looking woman who happens to be incredibly rich, and he's also involved himself with several shady (to put it mildly) business deals, one of which involves burning out the tenants of buildings he owns in Daria's old neighborhood. But he doesn't actually own them; Daria does, and....well, this gets very complicated.
The point here is that Daria gradually discovers all this, and it shatters her. She has to rebuild her life from the ground up, and finds unlikely allies in the tenants of these buildings. Ms. Piercy makes you believe that Daria is a real person, that this isn't just a piece of fiction. Daria, and all the characters in this book, come to incredibly vivid life. The greatest compliment I can pay to this novel is that I wish Ms. Piercy would write another one with these characters - which, considering that this book is over ten years old, she may well have done. I'd very much like to know what else happens to Daria, Tom, and all the other people in this world Marge Piercy has created. The rating of 9 is only because I detected a stiffness at times in the language of her characters - but that's a very minor detraction in an otherwise excellent book.
Daria Walker is a cookbook writer who enjoys some small fame in the Boston area, and (this is important to the story) who also comes from a working-class background. Her husband, Ross, can be best described as the scum of the earth - he married Daria simply because he saw her as an ornament to his life and career, but now he's met a plain-looking woman who happens to be incredibly rich, and he's also involved himself with several shady (to put it mildly) business deals, one of which involves burning out the tenants of buildings he owns in Daria's old neighborhood. But he doesn't actually own them; Daria does, and....well, this gets very complicated.
The point here is that Daria gradually discovers all this, and it shatters her. She has to rebuild her life from the ground up, and finds unlikely allies in the tenants of these buildings. Ms. Piercy makes you believe that Daria is a real person, that this isn't just a piece of fiction. Daria, and all the characters in this book, come to incredibly vivid life. The greatest compliment I can pay to this novel is that I wish Ms. Piercy would write another one with these characters - which, considering that this book is over ten years old, she may well have done. I'd very much like to know what else happens to Daria, Tom, and all the other people in this world Marge Piercy has created. The rating of 9 is only because I detected a stiffness at times in the language of her characters - but that's a very minor detraction in an otherwise excellent book.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
One woman's journey to find herself
31 Mar 1997
Format:Mass Market Paperback
As a man, my review of this book may be somewhat biased, but on the whole, I have to say that this is the best book I've read in a long time about any individual's personal quest to discover who he or she is.
Daria Walker is a cookbook writer who enjoys some small fame in the Boston area, and (this is important to the story) who also comes from a working-class background. Her husband, Ross, can be best described as the scum of the earth - he married Daria simply because he saw her as an ornament to his life and career, but now he's met a plain-looking woman who happens to be incredibly rich, and he's also involved himself with several shady (to put it mildly) business deals, one of which involves burning out the tenants of buildings he owns in Daria's old neighborhood. But he doesn't actually own them; Daria does, and....well, this gets very complicated.
The point here is that Daria gradually discovers all this, and it shatters her. She has to rebuild her life from the ground up, and finds unlikely allies in the tenants of these buildings. Ms. Piercy makes you believe that Daria is a real person, that this isn't just a piece of fiction. Daria, and all the characters in this book, come to incredibly vivid life. The greatest compliment I can pay to this novel is that I wish Ms. Piercy would write another one with these characters - which, considering that this book is over ten years old, she may well have done. I'd very much like to know what else happens to Daria, Tom, and all the other people in this world Marge Piercy has created. The rating of 9 is only because I detected a stiffness at times in the language of her characters - but that's a very minor detraction in an otherwise excellent book
Daria Walker is a cookbook writer who enjoys some small fame in the Boston area, and (this is important to the story) who also comes from a working-class background. Her husband, Ross, can be best described as the scum of the earth - he married Daria simply because he saw her as an ornament to his life and career, but now he's met a plain-looking woman who happens to be incredibly rich, and he's also involved himself with several shady (to put it mildly) business deals, one of which involves burning out the tenants of buildings he owns in Daria's old neighborhood. But he doesn't actually own them; Daria does, and....well, this gets very complicated.
The point here is that Daria gradually discovers all this, and it shatters her. She has to rebuild her life from the ground up, and finds unlikely allies in the tenants of these buildings. Ms. Piercy makes you believe that Daria is a real person, that this isn't just a piece of fiction. Daria, and all the characters in this book, come to incredibly vivid life. The greatest compliment I can pay to this novel is that I wish Ms. Piercy would write another one with these characters - which, considering that this book is over ten years old, she may well have done. I'd very much like to know what else happens to Daria, Tom, and all the other people in this world Marge Piercy has created. The rating of 9 is only because I detected a stiffness at times in the language of her characters - but that's a very minor detraction in an otherwise excellent book
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
My Favorite Piercy Book
23 Mar 2000
Format:Mass Market Paperback
This is Ms. Piercy's best book--I've read it more than once, and wish she would write a sequel to it. Daria Walker is a character I relate to--a woman who learns to live on her own, and has a better life because of it.
Woman coming of age after marriage
17 Jan 2006
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The primary character, Daria, has been married for 20+ years and slowly comes to realize how unaware she has been of who she is and begins to question her view of her reality as that reality breaks apart.
A great book for currently divorcing or recently divorced women. Hard to put down, and wonderful characters throughout. I especially enjoyed Piercy's characterization of Daria's new beau and the relationship and intimacy they develop together, consciously avoiding the mistakes they made in their first marriages.
A great book for currently divorcing or recently divorced women. Hard to put down, and wonderful characters throughout. I especially enjoyed Piercy's characterization of Daria's new beau and the relationship and intimacy they develop together, consciously avoiding the mistakes they made in their first marriages.
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