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Book Review - Perfection



Perfection by Julie Metz
Scribe, $32.95

You’ve read plenty of novels that feature adultery, now here’s the real thing in a memoir by an American widow. Metz had it all: a charming husband, a lively daughter, a comfortable life in upstate New York and a close circle of friends. But when her husband dies suddenly, she is forced to re-evaluate her marriage in the light of unwelcome information, and she does so with almost forensic determination. What she discovers ripples through every aspect of her existence and sense of self. Sometimes she is brave, sometimes self-pitying, and sometimes you wish she’d just ease up. Compelling, frank and as easy to relate to as a chat with a girlfriend over coffee.