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|title=The Uncoupling
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|paperback=0701186216
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|pages=288
|publisher=Chatto & Windus
|isbn=978-0701186210
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Now here's a strange thing: a spell is going to spread through the town and the women will find the touch of their husbands – or boyfriends – repulsive and there will be no more sex. That's no just ''no more sex until…'' – it's ''no more sex''. Dory and Robby are one of the first to be affected.
For quite a while now one of our reviewers has been telling me that I really ''must'' read[[The Position by Meg Wolitzer|Meg Wolitzer]]. My reading experience would not be complete until I had done so. When ''The Uncoupling'' arrived the time was obviously ripe. So, what did I think of it?
The book started with something of a disadvantage. The Sunday Times is quoted as saying that ''Wolitzer could describe paint drying and make it funny''. Now, I didn't find it that funny. I thought it was provocative and delightfully insightful about how men and women relate to each other. I loved the characters – particularly Dory Lang who might be an excellent teacher but is still just a little bit too much the mother on occasions and Willa, her daughter. The women are stronger than the men, but with as good a writer as Wolitzer, such matters are relative. She has the marvellous talent of writing about ordinary people – and letting them be gloriously ordinary.
We've a few reviews of [[:Category:Meg Wolitzer|Meg Wolitzer's]] books and I think most people are going to love them. If you've rad them all, then you'll almost certainly enjoy [[:Category:Anita Shreve|Anita Shreve]].
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|name=Kerry King
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|comment=Hurray! You’ve joined the club!
 
I love her. A brilliant writer, a clever, canny woman with a keen eye and a rapier wit…. What a fabulous combination. I can’t wait to get my hands on a copy of this to add to my collection.
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