Amazon.com Description:
“The New York Times bestseller about how marriage, love, and how sometimes falling in love with the wrong person at the wrong time can be the right thing. Elinor Mackey has lived her life in perfect order: college, law school, marriage, successful corporate career. But when she discovers that she and her podiatrist husband, Ted, can't have children, Elinor withdraws into her own world of heartbreak and anger. While Elinor falls in love with the oak tree in their front yard, sleeping under it at night, Ted begins an affair with Gina, the nutritionist at their gym. Ted, who may be the only one who can help Gina and her son, suddenly finds himself in love with two women at the same time. In the tradition of Anne Tyler, John Cheever, and Tom Perrotta, Winston's second novel looks beyond the manicured surface of suburbia to a world of loss, longing, lust, and betrayal.”
My Thoughts:
I was pretty engaged at the beginning of this book. But about a third of the way through Winston completely lost me. The characters were starting to blossom in the beginning and then they abruptly stopped being dimensional and became cliché and ultimately unrealistic. Ted was a total jerk…but painted sympathetically. He is the worst type of unfaithful husband…but it’s not really his fault, right? And then Elinor, instead of being a strong character, whittles down to an utter mess. I wanted to feel for her, but couldn’t. A good ending could have redeemed a bit, but unfortunately the ending was a complete let down.
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