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While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club)
 

While I Was Gone (Oprah's Book Club)

by Sue Miller

Oprah Book Club® Selection, May 2000: In her still startling debut, The Good Mother, Sue Miller explored the premium we put on passion--and the terrible burden it places on a mother and child. Her fourth novel, While I Was Gone, is another study in familial crime and punishment. But this time, her wife and good mother is accessory to more than emotional malfeasance. Jo Becker has... (read more)

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Anne D
  • Rated 4 stars

“This was the first Sue Miller book I read. Well told story.”

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Didn’t Like It

Allison P
  • Rated 2 stars

“I thought this book was slow moving and slightly interesting. Your past can come at you anytime. I was amazed at how she was willing to lose everything in her life for a brief moment of excitement. It seems like she was always looking for something better and never appreciating what she had at the time.”

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Community:
  • Rated 3.376559 stars
Amazon:
  • Rated 3.666667 stars
  

Newest Comments

  • LindaT

    lindat said:

    “I have never been disappointed in any of Sue Miller's books. I like them because they are about 'real' people; someone you might know or have met. I can't always say I like her characters but still, she is a favorite. The female vet in the book went back to when she was in her 20's, living in a house with others her age and she was running away from something. A terrible event occurred and repercussions only unfold later in her life. Anyone have any comments?? ”

    posted Thursday, July 19 2007
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