The Senator's Wife

The Senator's Wife (2008) by Sue Miller. Delia is the senator's wife, and Meri is her new young neighbor. The senator, Tom, has been unfaithful to his wife numerous time's over the years, but she has always loved him, always forgiven him, even though they have come to live separate existences. Meanwhile, Meri is pregnant with her first child. The lives of Meri and Delia become interwoven when they take possession of the two sides of a townhouse in the small college town of Williston, New York. And the climax approaches when Tom has a stroke, and must move back to Williston, where Delia can care for him. It's an interesting, but not deeply affecting, story. Grade: B