MY NEIGHBOR GAVE THIS BOOK TO ME TO READ AND I AM SO HAPPY SHE DID. I READ JUDY BLUME GROWING UP AND I HAD NO IDEA THAT SHE WROTE FOR ADULTS. SHE NEEDS TO DO SO MORE OFTEN. WHAT A GREAT BOOK.... THANKS JUDY KEEP THEM COMING

I'm baffled as to how people can give this book a 5 stars. I bought this book last week based on the positive reviews on this site. You guys let me down.

I was hoping for another Summer Sisters when I purchased this book, but when I finished it occured to me that perhaps Summer Sisters was written by a ghost writer.

The main character in "Wifey" wasn't likeable in the least. She was angry, repressed, boring, and completely irritating. As another reviewer stated, this book was filled with stereotypes and I noticed a score of political undertones.

The characters lacked developement, there weren't any scenes I looked forward to, and it seemed Blume tried so hard with the sex scenes that she missed sexy and went right for slutty. I felt like I was reading about a washed-up hippie commune without the love or drugs.

I've been reading Judy Blume since I was child, and was always impressed with her children's work--particularly Margaret, Blubber and Deenie. I didn't get around to reading this until I reached adulthood and I have to say it's better than any of her children's books. Sandy and Norman--what a mismatched pair! She's a sex-crazed feminist and he's the most sexually repressed, domineering man you'll ever meet. Sandy's frustration at being a housewife and mother, her sexual curiosity, her feelings of love over an old boyfriend, are all brought to life vividly and beautifully by Blume. Yes, it's dated, but look past that--you'll find a really fantastic work.

I never believed that Judy Blume would write a story like this book. I remember this book when I was in third grade and read it in my senior year of high school. This book explodes with Wifey's sexual fantasies. Her boring routine of fixing chicken on Wednesdays and sex on Saturdays has brought out fantasies that she dares to explore. She is involved with her sister's husband, although it is wrong. But hey, she's enjoying it while she can. Of course, there are pressing issues such as divorce and being found out. Ms. Blume gives her readers the pleasure to find time and curl up to a good book. She is considered to me a great influential writer of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.

If your previous exposure to Judy Blume has been solely through her children's books, the adult language and themes in this book may trigger a double take. The story-telling method is very much Judy Blume, but this time it is geared toward adults.

The main character, Sandy, has lived her life according to other peoples' rules and expectations; primarily those of her mother and her husband. She played it safe and predictable, but now is haunted by regret. Her husband, Norman, is such a dolt that you wonder how she could have stayed with him this long. His obsession with appearances at the country club are laughable, and his skills as a lover are nonexistent. It is not until the final chapters, after Sandy has broken from her cage, that she (and the reader) begins to see there is something valuable in reliable old Norman. And there is a fun little mystery to solve throughout the book: who is the man on the motorcycle?

Reading Wifey is very enjoyable. It is touching and humorous, and married readers may find themselves comparing their relationships to those in the book.