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Wayward
by Dana Spiotta
This book is adorable. It's basically about a middle age woman named Sam, that makes the decision to buy a rundown, charming craftsman house to remodel and leave her husband after a long unsatisfying marriage. Her daughter wants to stay with her dad at the suburban family home, so our protagonist finds herself living alone for the first time in decades. She is facing her climacteric symptoms (and demons) while trying to fin her old self and to reconnect with her passions and interests. Unhappy with the social, cultural and political current affairs (the storyline takes place around the 2016 election) she becomes aware of the hypocrisy that surrounds her former life. By trying to make a change she meets a group of engaged women and begins her self-fulfillment journey.
The book is a meditation, a critic, a love letter, a raw manifesto. Dana Spiotta's writing is honest and beautiful. The characters, dialogues and situations are credible and amusing. Her precocious daughter Ally, (some of the chapters are written from her point of view) is in her own self discovery journey. Sam is trying to make sense of the new dynamic regarding their relationship and of what life will look like without her own mother that is terminally ill. The relationship between the three generations is so endearing and heartfelt.
What prevents me from giving this book five stars is that I felt the ending a little abrupt or precipitated. Maybe it's just because I didn't want it to finish at all. Overall was an extremely pleasant
and enriching reading experience.
The book is a meditation, a critic, a love letter, a raw manifesto. Dana Spiotta's writing is honest and beautiful. The characters, dialogues and situations are credible and amusing. Her precocious daughter Ally, (some of the chapters are written from her point of view) is in her own self discovery journey. Sam is trying to make sense of the new dynamic regarding their relationship and of what life will look like without her own mother that is terminally ill. The relationship between the three generations is so endearing and heartfelt.
What prevents me from giving this book five stars is that I felt the ending a little abrupt or precipitated. Maybe it's just because I didn't want it to finish at all. Overall was an extremely pleasant
and enriching reading experience.