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The Mere Wife is a book by Maria Dahvana Headley that is a retelling of Beowulf set in 21st-century America. Plot. Dana Mills wakes up unsure of what has happened to her or why she is pregnant. She knows she is a member of the marines. She is interrogated and ends up in a mental hospital from which she escapes.
Jul 17, 2018 · In essence, The Mere Wife follows the stories of two women and their sons: Dana, a former soldier who was supposed to be killed on camera but somehow survived and believes she gave birth to a monster, and Willa, a suburban wife seemingly living a perfect life in her gilded cage of a gated community.
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Jul 17, 2018 · ―Samuel R. Delany, author of Dhalgren and Dark Reflections " The Mere Wife is an astonishing reinterpretation of Beowulf: Beowulf in suburbia―epic, operatic, and razor-sharp, a story not of a thick-thewed thegn, but of women at war, as wives and warriors, mothers and matriarchs.
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Jul 16, 2019 · The Mere Wife is an almost other-worldly experience. All at once it's sharp and painful, yet imbued with love and devotion. While essentially the story of a mothers unwaivering love for her child, The Mere Wife explores the tragedy of war, mental health, the divide between the haves and the have-nots, and the costs of rampant ...
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"The Mere Wife is an astonishing reinterpretation of Beowulf: Beowulf in suburbia—epic, operatic, and razor-sharp, a story not of a thick-thewed thegn, but of women at war, as wives and warriors, mothers and matriarchs.
New York Times bestselling author Maria Dahvana Headley presents a modern retelling of the literary classic Beowulf, set in American suburbia as two mothers—a housewife and a battle-hardened...
The Mere Wife. Maria Dahvana Headley. Scribe Publications Pty Limited, Jul 30, 2018 - Fiction - 320 pages. New York Times ...
