The Good Mother

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Thanks to Sue Miller's gift for precise psychological detail, her sure sense of narrative and her simple compassion for ordinary lives, this powerful novel proves as subtle as it is dramatic, as durable - in its emotional afterlife - as it is instantly readable -- MICHIKO KAKUTANI * NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW * "This powerful novel proves as subtle as it is dramatic, as durable-in its emotional afterlife-as it is instantly readable." * New York Times * A remarkable accomplishment * Chicago Tribune * Praise for Monogamy: One of the most emotionally truthful novels I have ever read * Daisy Buchanan * Almost every line glows with even-handed wisdom - a superb novel, beautifully put together * Daily Mail * An invaluably moving book * Juliet Nicholson * One to read first for the story and then to re-read at leisure and marvel at how real these people feel * Erin Kelly * Penetrating, intelligent, humane, funny too ... Smart and powerfully alive * Tessa Hadley * An underrated master of US fiction ... Miller asks big questions about marriage and whether it's worth the sacrifices involved. And these fascinating insights are wrapped up in a page-turning plot, too * Sunday Express * A poignant page-turner, delving deep into our most intimate relationships * Evening Standard * Miller is concerned with deeper mysteries of human motivation . A writer with an uncanny compass for the contrary * Sunday Telegraph * Miller's thoughtful, searching prose fills in all the background details, and her vivid characters are utterly believable. Brilliant * The Times * An eloquent chronicler of the complexities of ordinary relationships, whose informal language belies the depths of her insights . Miller nails the contradictory emotions and desires that are responsible for people so often bypassing the seemingly easy road to happiness * Independent * Miller writes with grace and poise, crafting an examination of love and loss that is both understated and emotionally charged * Guardian * Miller writes with tremendous subtlety and perception * Daily Mail *