Monogamy by Sue Miller
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
The premise of this book: how is widow Annie impacted when she learns her recently deceased husband of many years, Graham, was unfaithful? It’s an intriguing question and I imagined a book full of dramatic confrontations and cataclysmic breakdowns. But it was entirely not that book. Instead, it was a nuanced exploration of identity and grief, of what we absorb from and give to our partners, and how the ripple effects of relationships reverberate through the lives of tangential loved ones. It was really a book about grieving, anger, weakness, sacrifice, and ultimately, love. I really enjoyed it.
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