The Wednesday Group, by Sylvia True
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Gail. Hannah. Bridget. Lizzy. Flavia. Each of them has a shameful secret, and each is about to find out that she is not alone… Gail, a prominent Boston judge, keeps receiving letters from her husband's latest girlfriend, while her husband, a theology professor, claims he's nine-months sober from sex with grad students. Hannah, a homemaker, catches her husband having sex with a male prostitute in a public restroom. Bridget, a psychiatric nurse at a state hospital, is sure she has a loving, doting spouse, until she learns that he is addicted to chat rooms and match-making websites. Lizzy, a high school teacher, is married to a porn addict, who is withdrawn and uninterested in sex with her. Flavia was working at the Boston Public library when someone brought her an article that stated her husband had been arrested for groping a teenage girl on the subway. He must face court, and Flavia must decide if she wants to stay with him. Finally, Kathryn, the young psychologist running the group, has as much at stake as all of the others.
As the women share never-before-uttered secrets and bond over painful truths, they work on coming to terms with their husbands' addictions and developing healthy boundaries for themselves. Meanwhile, their outside lives become more and more intertwined, until, finally, a series of events forces each woman to face her own denial, betrayal and uncertain future head-on.
From author Sylvia True comes The Wednesday Group, a captivating, moving novel about friendship, marriage, and the bonds that connect us all.
The Wednesday Group, by Sylvia True- Amazon Sales Rank: #1910667 in Books
- Brand: True, Sylvia
- Published on: 2015-03-24
- Released on: 2015-03-24
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.54" h x 1.08" w x 5.74" l, 1.00 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 288 pages
Review
“A brilliantly perceptive novel of betrayed wives and female friendship...with fierce tenderness and uncompromising honesty. Sylvia True's debut gives us that rarest of treats: an ensemble of perfectly-drawn characters whose heartaches and revelations keep you riveted to the page, holding your breath for the powerful denouement.” ―Beatriz Williams, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of A Hundred Summers
“How brave Sylvia True is! An unflinching and honest novel.” ―Ann Hood, bestselling author of The Knitting Circle
“Sylvia True portrays with honesty and skill the emotional heartbreak and inner strength four women. A riveting debut!” ―Mary Alice Monroe, New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Girls
“Sylvia True has given us an intimate and intensely real view into the lives of these women of...this wonderful story of their strength and resilience is timeless, and one we need to hear.” ―Kaye Gibbons, New York Timesbestselling author of Ellen Foster and Charms for the Easy Life
About the Author
SYLVIA TRUE was born in Manchester, England, and now lives in Massachusetts with her husband and dogs. She teaches high school. The Wednesday Group is her first novel.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful. Authentic and emotionally fascinating--reads like a movie By B. Case "The Wednesday Group," a debut novel by Sylvia True, is a terrific work of psychological fiction. In my opinion, what the book does best is to create five very different and very authentic female characters. Each character has a marvelous distinct literary voice. This is the type of character development that you'd expect from a master literary craftsperson, yet somehow this debut novelist comes out of nowhere and pulls it off as if it were second nature.Each of the women in this novel is in emotional crisis. We, the readers, are invited to hitch a ride along with them as they journey through the minefields of psychological transition. Open this book and meet Lizzy, Bridget, Hannah, Gail, and Flavia: five emotionally tattered women who come together every Wednesday evening to form a five-person therapy group under the guidance of a professional counselor.On the surface, these women are an unusually good-looking group...and they're married to good-looking men, too. Their lives seem ideal, and perhaps to some, very enviable. However, very early in the book, as we get to know each character, we start to see how genuinely unique and different they are from each other. These women come from totally different educational and economic levels; there is a wide difference in ages; they have different goals and interests in life; they each have different personalities; and perhaps most fascinating of all, they each have completely different styles for dealing with emotional pain. Of course, what these women have in common--the problem that brings them together in group therapy--is that their husbands have been clinically diagnosed as sex addicts.At the beginning of the group, all the women are committed to their marriages. Each grasps that what has happened in her marriage is not her problem. They understand--at least on a factual and theoretical level, that their husbands have a disease. However, that doesn't make it easier for them to deal with it emotionally. What the women hope to gain from their therapy group is support and understanding in dealing with their common issues of shame, anger, rejection (especially sexual rejection), guilt, and lack of control.Sylvia True has written an exceptional debut. It took me a while to get into this book, but by the time I'd finished it, I was extremely pleased I'd given the book a chance...that I'd taken the psychological journey alongside these five emotionally fragile and courageous women. I learned a great deal...plus I was entertained by a story that actually developed into somewhat of a suspense-filled thriller toward the end.The focus of the book is, at all times, squarely on the women's emotional and psychological transitions. The book devotes very little time to covering the men, their situations, personalities, and quite different types of sexual addictions. For the sake of this review summary, it is enough to know that one is addicted to Internet pornography, another to making sexual conquests through chat rooms and online meet-up-sites, another to hooking up briefly for sexual purposes in public bathrooms with anonymous men; another to groping women sexually in public places like subways, and the last, to having serial sexual liaisons with his college-aged students. Each man has been diagnosed as a sexual addict through some type of clinical evaluation. Each man has either completed therapy or is currently involved in therapy. Each is committed to stopping his sexually addictive behaviors and committing himself to his marriage.The book is written in the third person, with the point of view alternating between the five women as well as their therapist. All chapters consist of a series of scenes with action and dialogue. The effect is a work of fiction that is exceptionally genuine, honest, immediate, and authentic.The author is a high school chemistry teacher. She has a sister who is a psychiatrist. She conducted many one-on-one interviews with women living through these same issues before writing this novel. I'm sure much of what is here is a composite of what she learned during those interviews. There is much here that reads like the truth.If you love psychological fiction, this is definitely something you should not miss. I think this novel has outstanding cinematic potential. Hollywood, please take note. This would make a terrific movie.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful. Interesting novel bringing together women from very different backgrounds. About betrayal, denial and choices. By Two kids mom First of all, this book is really not about sex addiction, it is about women dealing with betrayal. Each woman has a cheating significant other, betraying them at different levels and for different reasons. Centered around a help group run by a psychology graduate student (Kathryn) the plot gradually widens to include the exterior lives of the group members.All of the group members are individuals but I felt that in some cases (Hanna ,Gail and Lizzy) their motivations and foibles were outlined in more detail than in others (Flavia and Bridget). The latter seem to exist more as foils to the group, than as individuals in their own right.I have never been in counseling or in a group session I found the dynamics quite interesting. By have the setup be a group session, the author was able to pull in women from very different backgrounds, who in other situations would probably not become confidants. This made for a fascinating interplay between the women. The author handled this chapters very well.However, the ending was rather abrupt. I felt like the author was not sure how to conclude the book gracefully. I was left feeling like I was owed at least another couple of chapters.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. Riveting Drama with tremendous insights, you won't be able to put it down! -No Spoilers- By Tell Me A Story Sylvia True has written an outstanding account on the impact that sex addictions can have on partners and family members, some of which are quite unexpected. Her characterizations ring true, each main character struggling with her own insecurities, the fear of the future and the underlying feelings of betrayal, alienation and raw personal shame as deep as that of those who grieve a loss of life or relationship of an immediate family member. Each of the women deals with some level of denial and at times feels misunderstood by the addict as well as the others attending their support group. What starts as a grasping of straws to survive another day evolves into most of the women developing coping skills to face their unknown future and mutual support and compassion for each other.There wasn't a wasted word in this debut masterpiece, though I would have liked it to have been longer, the ending on the whole was satisfying. Ms. True develops her characters with an artist's sensitivity and clarity. Anyone who has struggled with a partner with this condition will identify with stages of grief and the questioning of how if their own reaction's influence the problems that ensue. Ms. True is a therapist and it is obvious that she has vast knowledge of this type of addiction's manifestations and repercussions.I was absorbed from the very beginning. The women's pain was palatable and likewise, their healing process and friendships were encouraging. I would not hesitate in recommending this book for it's honest insights as well as its flowing storyline. This is a must read for those emotionally impacted by this problem as it offers powerful validation in addition to its well written prose.
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