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thebooksatchel's review
4.0
A man is wandering about the city thinking his wife has left him. He has a perfect life though – a perfect wife and a perfect home, yet he is search of something familiar (or unfamiliar?). There is an artist (also a mother of three) who struggles to balance her passion, children and marriage. There is the wife Naomi, who is mysterious throughout the novel.
The story beautifully executes the thought process of a husband who thinks his wife has abandoned him. Ferris captures the desperation of a wife and how marriage and motherhood sometimes drain them of their sexuality and personal space. I loved how as the story progresses my definition of ‘home’ changed as well. The writer has the talent of delving deep into the anxiety that gnaws a human mind from within. In few words this is the story about family, how to define ‘home’ and what a marriage requires.
Here is a line from my favourite paragraph. I wish I could include the whole thing, but it would give away the story.
“When something hit the pan and sizzled—he pictured her running her finger down the length of the blade, sliding the garlic into the hot oil—he was reminded of what, in fact, was best in life.”
The story beautifully executes the thought process of a husband who thinks his wife has abandoned him. Ferris captures the desperation of a wife and how marriage and motherhood sometimes drain them of their sexuality and personal space. I loved how as the story progresses my definition of ‘home’ changed as well. The writer has the talent of delving deep into the anxiety that gnaws a human mind from within. In few words this is the story about family, how to define ‘home’ and what a marriage requires.
Here is a line from my favourite paragraph. I wish I could include the whole thing, but it would give away the story.
“When something hit the pan and sizzled—he pictured her running her finger down the length of the blade, sliding the garlic into the hot oil—he was reminded of what, in fact, was best in life.”
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