The Paper Anniversary

By Joan Wickersham

Book Overview

From Simon & Schuster, The Paper Anniversary is a wonderfully real, sexy, surprising romance--a modern comedy of conjugal errors.

Jack and Maisie had a beautiful thing going, until life and marriage got in the way. Jack headed to Maine and Maisie took off for New York. Now, one year married, they face their first anniversary all the hilarious fun that follows.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0671890719
• ISBN13: 9780671890711
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.6" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

The only book I have ever read twice.

The first thing I did after I finished this book was to email the author and tell her how much I enjoyed it. She was gracious enough to respond with her gratitude. I hope she continues writting others. It has been too long a wait.

Marvelously written

It is such a pleasure to read this book. Well crafted characters that you come to know well. Superb book!

This "Anniversary" is Worthy of a Major Celebration

Couldn't think of any better way to begin this review than to borrow from the titles of the three previous reviews: I loved this book, it's a shame it's out of print, and I hope the author writes another. This is a very absorbing, comforting read, and I'd have to say it was one of my favorite books of the 1990s (and I read approximately 500 books a decade), since it was somehow instrumental in soothing me after the death of my beloved cat. Don't miss this one.

It's a shame this book is out of print ...

... because it's a finely crafted, gracefully written first novel that showed a whole lot of promise for Wickersham back in the mid-90s. Maybe the nicest thing about the book is that, given a subject matter (young love on the rocks) that lends itself to sentimentality, and a location (small town New England) that lends itself to preciousness, Wickersham firmly rejects both tiresome flaws. I agree with the reviewer who said that the story upon which this book was based was strong enough on its own; but the birthing scene that ends the story has got to be the gutsiest, gnarliest, most unflinching portrayal of labor ever put down on paper. I hope we'll see more of Wickersham's work, if only so that this novel gets another chance to see the light of day.

I loved this book

It's rare for me to read a book of this type and find it hard to put down. It's not a thriller, by any means, but it is so well written and the characters are so engaging that I wanted to put everything aside and lose myself in another few chapters. The few plot surprises are enthralling. BUt mostly, the author delivers page by page with strong character development. I hope Joan writes many more. She is an extremely talented writer.