Sunday, October 7, 2012

While I Was Gone by Sue Miller

I am not sure how I feel about this book.  I was about a woman who kind of ran away from her life and lived a double life in another city with another name and another back story.  She learned more about herself and who she was and what she wanted, but told many lies along the way.  Going forward in time she is married with a family and good business.  Someone from her past shows up again and makes things confusing for her and her family, creating much stress.  The book flowed nicely and the characters were well developed and had depth.  Some things were predictable, but not to the point to make it not worth reading.  At times I just found it unsettling, and I am not sure if it is on a moral level or and ethical level when it comes to lying about your past to make yourself into someone you are not and what do you really gain by it all.  I would like to read more of Miller's books to see if they are all like this and if I feel the same way. 

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