Overview:
Ending is Wolitzer’s first novel, originally published in 1974,and it's a heart wrenching story that has been beautifully crafted.
Ending is the story of Sandy, a young wife and mother whose husband has just been diagnosed with terminal cancer. It’s a story about the tunnel of grief she’s in in the final weeks of his life, and it covers not only her journey after his diagnosis but all of her memories of her short marriage. It’s not a light novel by any stretch of the imagination, and there is not a lot of humor like I found in An Available Man. It’s a story more about ideas and the process of grief than it is about character, and for that reason I felt a little removed from Sandy. It’s a tough read, but, thankfully, it’s a short novel. It was interesting to compare it to Wolitzer’s latest novel, which, while dealing with death, had much more developed characters and dashes of humor. Ending is more of a psychological portrait of grief.
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And Blessed Are The Ones Who Care For Their Fellow Men!
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