A review by jcheidel
Private Life by Jane Smiley

3.0

Jane Smiley writes beautifully, but I didn't find this story as compelling as the story in her Thousand Acres. Private Life reveals how truly separate and unknowable we all are, even to those we think we know the best. And Smiley does a good job of making that truth very vivid. But it just seemed to take a little too long. I found myself losing interest by the end.