Wives & Lovers
By Jane Candia Coleman
Five Star - July 2002
ISBN: 0786243074 - Hardcover
Fiction / Women, Short Stories

Reviewed by Jen Oliver, MyShelf.Com
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"Wives & Lovers" is a collection of several short stories that reflect on female life. These stories reflect how women fall in love and face different parts of their lives. It covers all aspects of the female life, not just the romance aspect, as is done with other women fiction novels.

Jane Candia Coleman, who is also a poet, has written a collection of short stories that are somewhat poetic in nature. She includes several examples of symbolism and metaphors that show different aspects of the female life. All of the stories are quick and easy to read. Some stories make the reader think more than others, but the thinking adds to the quality of the story. Despite the stories being short stories, Coleman is able to add a lot of characterization to the characters in a short period of time.

"Wives & Lovers" is overall an intriguing and different look at the female and the life that she leads. It includes the romance, the motherhood, and the culture that women face every day in their lives. Several of the stories have a poetic feel to them and have the symbolism that is found in traditional poetic writing.

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