Wolitzer’s inclusion of the teenagers as sexual beings is refreshingly without moral finger-wagging: The cast of characters are drawn from teachers, administrators and students at the high school, and even the school-aged girls are not immune from the lack of affection for their boyfriends. Wolitzer nevertheless draws some interesting parallels between the importance of intimacy and healthy relationships, particularly as couples age or go through physical or emotional changes.

Not coincidentally, the local high school is performing Aristophanes’ play, “Lysistrata.” Aside from ceasing all sexual relations, the women in “The Uncoupling” share little in common with the women of “Lysistrata,” being unwilling activists and as confused and irritated as their male partners in their own sudden lack of desire.

As the women worry over their loss of passion, and the men become by turns unhappy, offended, and above all, confused, both sides are forced to look at their shared history, and at their sexual selves in a new light.As she did to such acclaim with the New York Times bestseller The Ten-Year Nap, Wolitzer tackles an issue that has deep ramifications for women’s lives, in a way that makes it funny, riveting, and totally fresh-allowing us to see our own lives through her insightful lens.Read an essay about writing The Uncoupling from the author, Meg Wolitzer.“The Uncoupling,” by Meg Wolitzer, has elements of a fairy tale, or perhaps a vampire-less episode of “Buffy the Vampire Slayer.” A spell is cast over a small town in New Jersey, in which all women lose interest in their male partners. One by one throughout the high school community, perfectly healthy, normal women and teenage girls turn away from their husbands and boyfriends in the bedroom, for reasons they don’t really understand. You can read this before The Uncoupling PDF EPUB full Download at the bottom.įrom the New York Times -bestselling author of The Ten-Year Nap, a funny, provocative, revealing novel about female desire.When the elliptical new drama teacher at Stellar Plains High School chooses for the school play Lysistrata -the comedy by Aristophanes in which women stop having sex with men in order to end a war-a strange spell seems to be cast over the school. Here is a quick description and cover image of book The Uncoupling written by Meg Wolitzer which was published in January 1, 2011. Brief Summary of Book: The Uncoupling by Meg Wolitzer