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Mar 20, 2013 at 6:39pm
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I highly recommend this novel
I'm rereading for perhaps the tenth time my favorite novel. Philip Wylie's The Disappearance is a book everyone should read at least once.

Set back in the 1950s, Mr. Wylie thoughtfully writes about how men and women survive when the other sex disappears all over the world. They aren't dead, just no longer there in one split second. Planes crash when male pilots no longer exist. Pregnant females see their clothes suddenly hang on their flattened bodies when the hoped-for male baby is gone.

Some men resort to odd behavior to satisfy their loneliness, while others rise to heroic levels in a time of crisis. Meanwhile in their parallel world, many women discover they have hidden strength that was unusual for that time in history.

The two main characters are a married couple from Florida, but this novel is really about all humanity throughout the world. When reading this novel, I often wonder how I would react in a similar situation. If you do decided to get into The Disappearance, you might find yourself asking the same question.

Judity
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I highly recommend this novel · 03-20-13 6:39pm
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