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Wayward
by Dana Spiotta
This is not a fast-paced book. Rather, it is a contemplation of life, what it means to grow up, to grow old, and to come closer to death. The three main female characters captured my attention and I felt I could relate to all of them in different ways:
- Sam, a 50-year-old women questioning her life as she is dealing with the effects of perimenopause and the aftermath of the 2016 election
- Ally, her 16-year-old daughter who feels smothered by her mother's concern and advice and stops communicating with Sam because she is angry with her mother's choices. Ally begins a relationship with a much older man and I just loved her ponderings of love, sex, freedom, capitalism and greed (her essay "Why I'm not a Libertarian" is a hilarious highlight in the book for me)
- Lily, Sam's mother who faces her own mortality
There were sudden storylines that felt out of place in the plot, yet the lessons they offered justified their somewhat jarring presence for me. If you are paying attention, this is a book you'll look up from and see things in your own life differently. Well done.
- Sam, a 50-year-old women questioning her life as she is dealing with the effects of perimenopause and the aftermath of the 2016 election
- Ally, her 16-year-old daughter who feels smothered by her mother's concern and advice and stops communicating with Sam because she is angry with her mother's choices. Ally begins a relationship with a much older man and I just loved her ponderings of love, sex, freedom, capitalism and greed (her essay "Why I'm not a Libertarian" is a hilarious highlight in the book for me)
- Lily, Sam's mother who faces her own mortality
There were sudden storylines that felt out of place in the plot, yet the lessons they offered justified their somewhat jarring presence for me. If you are paying attention, this is a book you'll look up from and see things in your own life differently. Well done.