After Moondog - Softcover

Shapiro, Jane

2.86

29 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0446395269 ISBN 13: 9780446395267

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing, 1993

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Joanne and William Green seem to have the perfect marriage, but appearances are often deceiving. For 25 years they've endured rebellious children, protected aging parents, nurtured emotional intimacy -- and mourned its loss, wrestled extramarital affairs with flawed lovers, tolerated eccentric friends, and scrutinized comic marriage counselors. Perfect is the least of their worries. Just getting through the day seems to be the more difficult challenge. Their weapons of choice? A finely-honed, razor-sharp sense of humor -- and the imperfect knowledge of their hearts.

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From Library Journal:

Although its gutsy heroine must grapple with such tough issues as infidelity, divorce, aging parents, and teenage experimentation with sex, drugs, and alcohol, this outstanding first novel is never depressing. Resilient Joanne Green, picking her way throughout the minefield of modern existence, tries and generally succeeds in maintaining a sense of perspective. Shapiro's writing has a luminescent quality that imbues each episode--whether it's Joanne's trip with her former husband to visit his parents in Florida, an agonizing night when neither of her teenagers comes home until dawn, or a vigil at her mother's bedside after cancer surgery--with a clarity of vision that makes the protagonist's experiences our own. After Moondog is a tragicomedy for our times.
- Andrea Caron Kempf, Johnson Cty. Community Coll. Lib., Overland Park, Kan.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Publishers Weekly:

This uncommonly graceful and nuanced first novel, spanning 25 years from the Vietnam War era to the present, explores a marriage and its consequences.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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