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The Doctor's Wife [Paperback]

Brian Moore
3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
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Book Description

2 Feb 2012 1408827026 978-1408827024
Sheila Redden, a quiet, 37-year-old doctor's wife, has long been looking forward to returning with her husband to the town where they spent their honeymoon over twenty years ago. Little does she suspect that after a chance encounter in Paris she will end up spending her holiday with a man she has only just met, an American man ten years her junior.

Four weeks later, Sheila is nowhere to be found. Owen Deane, her brother, follows her steps to Paris in the hopes of shedding some light on her disappearance, but soon begins to wonder if she will ever reappear.

Interspersed with Sheila's harrowing memories of her hometown of Ulster at the height of the troubles, this is a compelling and powerful tale of love, escape and abandon.

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  • Paperback: 288 pages
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Paperbacks (2 Feb 2012)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1408827026
  • ISBN-13: 978-1408827024
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (32 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 350,219 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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‘The subject - an ordinary woman seized by love for a younger man in the middle of her life - supplies just the right material for Mr Moore's tender, probing technique. It is uncanny: No other male writer, I swear (and precious few females), knows so much about women' (Sunday Telegraph )

‘The novel is near perfection. The elegance and clarity of style rides in perfect harmony with the subtlety and depth of feeling. The dialogue is perfect- the author's ear sharp for the cadences of ecstasy, self-pity, love and anger. The feeling for mood and background is perfect... a novel of mature assurance and brilliant insight that must make it one of the outstanding works of fiction of the year.' (The Times )

‘Nightmare images of tanks cruising down empty night streets, feverish erotic couplings with a stranger in foreign hotels; a married woman from a provincial backwater breaking out on a trip abroad; a concerned sibling observing a rebellious sister; the palpable absence of God in the central characters' lives and the notion that art and sex might replace Him... a splendidly bracing experience.' (New Statesman )

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Good read 20 May 2012
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This is a very good read. It may seem dated to younger readers although the theme of unfulfilled potential and pent up frustration is timeless. Many women may identify with the main character and her wasted potential. In its time it must have been quite controversial with its subject matter and explicit sex scenes. Personally I found it hard to sympathise with the doctors wife. She had spent many years floating along as the domestic goddess letting her husband support her financially then suddenly everything was his fault. Her wrong choices and lack of ambition and drive were suddenly his fault and her mothers fault! Apparently she got married in order to leave home.
Definitely a book to be read with its era in mind. An era where appearances mattered more than anything.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing 5 Feb 2013
By annie
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Wasn't interested enough in characters and to be honest can't remember enough about it to write any more in this review.
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2.0 out of 5 stars Not worth your time 20 April 2013
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A classic: Older woman meets younger man on holiday. The sex is amazing. The dilemma: Stay with husband or go with lover. I won't spoil it for you but the solution is disappointing. I felt that the author said to himself - let's surprise the readers but actually the ending leaves you stumped. Really not worth the time - there are so many better books to read.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Ok-ish
Like a lot of these books the synopsis read well but it's not one I'd choose to read again. A bit too lightweight for me.
Published 3 months ago by Rosequartz24
4.0 out of 5 stars A good read
I read several of Brian Moore's novels as they were published in the seventies and remember how true a description they gave of life in Ireland at that time. Read more
Published 3 months ago by cmac
2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing
I've pretty well given up with this, which is rare for me. From the first page, which is not well-written, I've struggled to engage with the book; I don't find the scenario... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Hills
4.0 out of 5 stars The Doctors wife
I liked the references to continental places within the story. The culmination of the story was surprising and closer to normal life than some authors lead us to.
Published 4 months ago by Gwen
4.0 out of 5 stars Loving this book
Not quite finished it yet - but really enjoying it. I think we can all see ourselves or someone we know in the characters and can empathise with them
Published 4 months ago by Sarah Jane
1.0 out of 5 stars The Doctors Wife
Only read part of this book Found it disgusting It may have improved but didnt feel like finding out Would not reccommend it to anyone
Published 4 months ago by Isobel Sharp
4.0 out of 5 stars enjoyed it.
A really good read, with some well-handled erotic passages. A good sense of period and the social and moral expectations of the time. Read more
Published 4 months ago by reman3082
4.0 out of 5 stars Doctors Wife
A well written story, quite refreshingly different to the normal family account of life and strife.
I did not want to end but could not put it down anyway, so a... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mrs. J. A. Ferris
4.0 out of 5 stars Couldn't put down
I Just loved this book, the way she handled he husband was right I felt very sorry for her son. She could have explained more to him.
But why leave the boyfriend ?? Read more
Published 4 months ago by hazel harrison
4.0 out of 5 stars Intriguing Storyline
Read it from cover to cover and enjoyed every page. Sorry to have to stop reading at the last page.
Published 5 months ago by Calligrapher
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