About this title: At odds with her life, Nan, a married, forty-something woman begins an impromptu trek across the country, inspired by a leather journal she sees in a bookstore and knows she must buy - and fill.
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Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780515120899ISBN:0515120898
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Some edge and corner wear. No marks. Tight binding. Light curling on corner of front cover. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 271 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780515120899ISBN:0515120898
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Light edge and corner wear. No marks. Previous owner's initials inside. Light cover crease on back cover. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 271 p. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Mass-market paperback
Publisher: Jove Books
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780515120899ISBN:0515120898
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Mass market (rack) paperback. Glued binding. 271 p. Audience: General/trade. Good Solid Clean copy read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780515120899ISBN:0515120898
Description: Acceptable. Overall below average used book. May have highlighting, underlining, notes, price sticker on cover, or be an ex-library book. read more
Edition: Reprint
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780515120899ISBN:0515120898
Description: Good. Used-Good. All books at least good with clean tight text. May have some wear, creases, name, reader's crease, tanning in older books. Satisfaction Guaranteed! read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Jove
Date Published: 1997
ISBN-13:9780515120899ISBN:0515120898
Description: Acceptable. Fair Condition. Considerable wear, but still very useable. Text has highlighting, but appears free of writing/underlining. May have bookstore-related stamps/stickers/marks. Multiple copies may be available. MMP SHIPS W/IN 24 HOURS! FREE INSURANCE on all orders! E-mail notification! Careful, thorough packaging. Fast, personal service. No hassle, full refund return policy! COMBINE SHIPPING-TENS OF THOUSANDS OF OTHER BOOKS/CDs/MOVIES AVAILABLE! read more
"A wonderful light-hearted book. The prose will get heavy, and just when you think the story is not as "fun" as it seemed, Elizabeth Berg brings the lightness back. The protagonist in this story is a 50 year old woman going through "the change", but it still spoke to this 35 year old. And I believe it will speak to women of all ages and backgrounds. Who hasn't wanted to run away?"
"A book about turning fifty and running away. Nan leaves home and husband driving west from Boston. I think she just never had a moment to really think about herself and her life. You get married, have children and you just become consumed in the moment. There is no time for thinking of self. But one day you realize my life is more than half over, where did it go? Even the woman with absolutely no regrets needs a moment to reflect. Nan keeps a journal in the form of a letter to her husband Martin. All the things men should have heard without us saying so--it means you know us as well as we know you. Not a downer."
"Meh. I'd give it one star but for the moments of good writing. The protagonist, Nan, seemed to be a navel-gazing, rather shallow bore of a woman who gets mad at her husband, men in general, and the world at large when she is soooo unfairly subjected to aging like everyone else. Yawn.
She runs away from home, and the book consists of letters to her husband and entries in a journal. By the end of the book it seems to me she hasn't changed at all except to take a tiny bit more responsibility for her own life and feelings, though unfortunately she also seems to plan on taking charge of her husband's life as well--this is what I want, my way or the highway--and we never get to see anything from this guy's point of view at all. Really, Nan mostly wants to stay in her bubble of money, youth, and beauty, and does seem completely clueless about how other people live. Her purported "interest" in the little people she comes across on her travels is a sad, condescending joke.
Very readable despite the lack of any real energy in the book. Took a few hours, maybe. I've read worse."
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