Wifey

Wifey (1978) by Judy Blume. This book tells the story of Sandy Pressman, good girl, hypochondriac and repressed wife. She is 32 years old, and for reasons that become clear in the book, she is beginning to rebel against her overbearing husband. Blume, famed writer of children's books, has here produced a thoroughly adult, moderately explicit story about one woman's efforts to escape the confines of an unhappy marriage. In Sandy's case, this takes mainly the form of a short series of affairs with the husbands of others, some of whom she isn't even attracted to. It's a humorous, involving read, but doesn't delve too deeply into the meaning of the human condition. Grade: B