While I Was Gone

by Sue Miller | Literature & Fiction |
ISBN: 0345420748 Global Overview for this book
Registered by themarina of Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on 11/25/2004
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Journal Entry 1 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Thursday, November 25, 2004
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After reading "The Good Mother", I was interested in seeing what else Sue Miller had writen. This looked as good as anything else.

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In the summer of 1968, Jo Becker ran out on the marriage and the life her parents wanted for her, and escaped--for one beautiful, idyllic year--into a life that was bohemian and romantic, living under an assumed name in a rambling group house in Cambridge. It was a time of limitless possibility, but it ended in a single instant when Jo returned home one night to find her best friend lying dead in a pool of blood on the living room floor.

Now Jo has everything she's ever wanted: a veterinary practice she loves, a devoted husband, three grown daughters, a beautiful Massachusetts farmhouse. And if occasionally she feels a stranger to herself and wonders what happened to the freedom she once felt, or how she came to be the wife, mother, and doctor her neighbors know and trust--if at times she feels as if her whole life is vanishing behind her as she's living it--she need only look at her daughters or her husband, Daniel, to recall the satisfactions of family and community and marriage.

But when an old housemate settles in her small town, the fabric of Jo's life begins to unravel: seduced again by the enticing possibility of another self and another life, she begins a dangerous flirtation that returns her to the darkest moment of her past and imperils all she loves.

Journal Entry 2 by themarina from Coquitlam, British Columbia Canada on Friday, August 19, 2005
As always, Miller succeeds in creating characters and incidents that make one wonder. I didn't get into this as quickly as I did into The Good Mother, but by the 75 page mark, I was thoroughly engrossed. She has such unique and often extremely accurate insight into situations that one would rather avoid and this book is no different.

Another great read.

Journal Entry 3 by themarina at Bean There Coffee in North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Monday, August 22, 2005

Released 18 yrs ago (8/22/2005 UTC) at Bean There Coffee in North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

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Journal Entry 4 by vanbiohazard from North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Tuesday, August 23, 2005
Just picked this up at Meetup. Recommended by themarina, so it'll go in the TBR pile.

Journal Entry 5 by vanbiohazard from North Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, January 3, 2007
This book scared me a bit, because I could relate so well to the main character. A completely different life, but certain aspects of her personality echoed my own.

Journal Entry 6 by vanbiohazard at Our Town Cafe, 245 E. Broadway in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada on Wednesday, January 3, 2007

Released 17 yrs ago (1/9/2007 UTC) at Our Town Cafe, 245 E. Broadway in Vancouver, British Columbia Canada

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