From the first page, Denting the Bosch (St. Martin’s Press) by Teresa Link sucks you in as she describes a homesick New Yorker stuck in sunny California, hungering to experience a howling northeast winter storm that is being forecast on TV.
It’s a great read, striking in its original writing, while dealing with adult themes of adultery, unfulfilled wishes, divorce and mid-life changes. Like the Neil Simon plays, “Plaza Suite” and “The Four Seasons,” Link takes us on a stereoscopic view of the lives of three mid-life couples that have formed a friendship.
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