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| The Position: A Novel | 
| Author: Meg Wolitzer
Publisher: Scribner
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  27 reviews
Sales Rank: 605022
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.9
ISBN: 0743261801
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780743261807
ASIN: 0743261801
Publication Date: June 6, 2006
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Product Description
Crackling with intelligence and humor, The Position is the masterful story of one extraordinary family at the hilarious height of the sexual revolution -- and through the thirty-year hangover that followed. In 1975, Paul and Roz Mellow write a bestselling Joy of Sex-type book that mortifies their four school-aged children and ultimately changes the shape of the family forever. Thirty years later, as the now dispersed family members argue over whether to reissue the book, we follow the complicated lives of each of the grown children and their conflicts in love, work, marriage, parenting, and, of course, sex -- all shadowed by the indelible specter of their highly sexualized parents. Insightful, panoramic, and compulsively readable, The Position is an American original.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 22 more reviews...
 She "gets" big families August 28, 2008
I really enjoyed this book- diving into the feelings and adolescence of each family member. It really captured the life in a big family. Definitely a good read. The sensationalism of it being Joy of Sex isn't really as much as all that, so it may be less interesting to those that want scandalous sex passages.
 Life... December 5, 2007
While this book initially appeared to be about SEX, it isn't about that at all. The author saturates the tales with so much sex that the reader is urged to look deeper and find out the true nature of the story. Wonderfully honest portrayals of family...real family......
Just like a new position, this one had some awkward moments September 10, 2007
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
The premise of this sometimes delightful book is certainly unique. I'll spare you the details, partly because I'm feeling lazy tonight, but also because other reviewers have done an admirable job of covering the basics. While reading this, I felt a wave of nostalgia (much better than waves of nausea I must say) for the innocence of the 70's - a time when kids had NO clue what went on behind the doors of their parents' bedrooms (thank God). The Mellow children could have been among the clueless, except they accidentally discovered a best-selling book their parents had created and published......and even posed for (imagine the shock here folks; remember, this was the 70's). The story then skips ahead so we get the privilege of seeing just how these kids turned out. You guessed it, they're all slightly dysfunctional (although so am I.......and my parents certainly didn't write a how-to book about sex). This was an interesting read and Wolitzer's writing boasts a quirky sense of humor. The adult children (is that an oxymoron?) were a bit one-dimensional and, at times, painfully odd. But all in all, I would recommend this book, just not to my mother.
 Interesting ... August 26, 2007
After reading "The Wife" I was looking forward to this one ~~ and it is definitely a much lighter read but not as good as "The Wife" ~~ this one is more of a fluffier read, a look into family relationships and a look into marriages. It has some depth but it's more of a sexy book than an intellectual book ~~ and slightly morbid as if you're peeking into someone's living room at night through the crack in the curtains. I just finished this book and while it's ok, it does leave you sitting with unfinished thoughts flitting through your head.
This book focuses on the children of the famous couple who wrote a book about sex. The Mellows. (An ironic name if you think about it because none of them were mellow at all.) There's Holly, Michael, Dashiel and Claudia. All of them were influenced by their parents' successful book that they wrote in the 70s, fueled by their love for one another. Holly becomes the estranged daughter. Michael becomes a successful worker in the big Apple. Dashiel becomes a Republican and Claudia struggles to find her own voice in the world. Their parents, Roz and Paul separated and divorced a couple of years after the book was published and this is their story.
It is interesting reading, but not something you want to keep in your library forever ~~ maybe it's because there are so many other books out there that are like that. It's good reading and perfect if you're looking for something quick to read ~~ but don't expect it to be like "The Wife" which really is one of the better books I've read this summer so far.
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Bravo March 28, 2007
I loved this book. Meg has a remarkable writing style and insight into human nature. I loved the way she captured the loss of childhood. Not quite as good as The Wife but an excellent read that I highly recommend.
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